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carcinization
Sign in to savethumb|Porcelain crabs resemble true crabs, but are more closely related to [[squat lobsters and hermit crabs.]]
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7 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Taxonomic range
- Selective pressures and benefits
- Decarcinisation
- Cultural impact
- See also
- References
thumb|Porcelain crabs resemble true crabs, but are more closely related to [[squat lobsters and hermit crabs.]]
Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by Lancelot Alexander Borradaile, who described it in 1916 as "the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab".