oyster crab

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oyster crab

A small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum) that lives commensally inside the shell of a bivalve mollusk such as an oyster or a clam.

oyster crab

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several small soft-bodied crabs of the genus Pinnotheres, esp P. ostreum, that live as commensals in the mantles of oysters

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oyster crab - tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters

Pinnotheres ostreum

genus Pinnotheres, Pinnotheres - type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs

pea crab - tiny soft-bodied crab living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve mollusks

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