decorator crab
English
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Noun
[edit]decorator crab (plural decorator crabs)
- A crab of certain species within the superfamily Majoidea that decorate their bodies with materials from the environment to hide from, or ward off, predators.
Hyponyms
[edit]- Acanthonyx dentatus (toothed crab)
- Naxia tumida (little seaweed crab)
- Macropodia rostrata (long-legged spider crab)
- Stenocionops furcata (furcate spider crab)
- Oregonia gracilis (graceful decorator crab)
- Hyastenus elatus (sponge decorator crab)
- Achaeus spinosus (spider crab)
- Maja crispata (small spider crab)
- Herbstia parvifrons (crevice spider crab)
- Libinia emarginata (portly spider crab, nine-spined spider crab)
- Libinia dubia (Longnose spider crab)
- Loxorhynchus crispatus (masking crab, moss crab)
- Hyas araneus (great spider crab)
- Camposcia retusa (harlequin crab, spider decorator crab)
- Stenorhynchus seticornis (yellowline arrow crab)