Porcelain crab


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(Zool.) any crab of the genus Porcellana and allied genera (family Porcellanidæ). They have a smooth, polished carapace.

See also: Porcelain

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But some, including the sunburst anemone, chocolate porcelain crab and the brittle star, appear to have stayed the course.
Moving On Up: The 2014 to 2016 marine heatwave, which took place off the coast of California, saw an unprecedented number of southern tropical species migrate north
The role of carapace spines in the swimming behavior of porcelain crab zoeae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Porcellanidae).
Morphological Variability Among Broods of First-Stage Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Zoeae
Competency, settling behavior, and postsettlement aggregation by porcelain crab megalopae (Anomura: Porcellanidae).
Biology, distribution, and abundance of Allopetrolisthes punctatus (Guerin, 1835) (Decapoda, Anomura, Porcellanidae), in the rocky subtidal of Chome, central Chile
Moreover, Pintor and Byers are studying whether common mud crabs in the Southeast might be developing a taste for the green porcelain crab, a relatively recently arrived invasive species.
INVASIVE SPECIES AS JUNK FOOD FOR PREDATORS
Two patterns emerged from species-specific comparisons: (1) species found in live and articulated shell (e.g., flatback mud crab, green porcelain crab) might require shelter; and (2) species found in association with articulated, cleaned shell (i.e., frillfin goby) might use empty oyster boxes for spawning substrate.
The role of oysters in habitat use of oyster reefs by resident fishes and decapod crustaceans
We examined the following crabs: Nectocarcinus integrifons (Latreille) (red rock crab), Petrolisthes elongatus (Milne Edwards) (porcelain crab), Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius) (swift-footed shore crab), Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus) (green crab), Plagusia chabrus (Linnaeus) (speedy crab), and Nectocarcinus tuberculosus (Milne Edwards) (velvet crab).
Dietary preference and digestive enzyme activities as indicators of trophic resource utilization by six species of crab
The ratio of the porcelain crab Petrolisthes armatus to the mud crab Eurypanopeus depressus (STENO:EURY) has also been suggested as a useful metric for assessing the effects of freshwater inflow on oyster-reef communities (Shirley et al.
Influence of salinity on the habitat use of oyster reefs in three Southwest Florida estuaries
Seasonal and latitudinal acclimatization of cardiac transcriptome responses to thermal stress in porcelain crabs, Petrolisthes cinctipes.
De novo Assembly and Annotation of the Whole Transcriptome of Penaeus penicillatus
Predator and prey behavior can play a role in relationships between native and invasive species, as is the case with nonnative porcelain crabs in the southeastern United States, which are only consumed by small female (but not male) mud crabs (Pintor & Byers 2015).
Differential response of the American lobster Homarus americanus to the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus and green crab Carcinus maenas
He Xie-- hundreds of porcelain crabs that are installed on the floor-- is a depiction of a feast that he wanted to host when authorities placed him under house arrest as they threatened to dismantle his studio in Shanghai in 2010.
Art for protest's sake
The title translates to "river crab," and it features thousands of porcelain crabs made in China's historic ceramic center, Jingdezhen, arranged in one corner of the museum.
Ai Weiwei: According to What?
Most of the known porcelain crabs in the tropical eastern Pacific are free-living.
Pisidia magdalenensis (Crustacea: Porcellanidae) commensal of the diogenid hermit crab Petrochirus californiensis (Decapoda: Diogenidae)
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