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Zebrida
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Zebrida is a small genus of distinctive striped crabs, known as zebra crabs, that live in association with sea urchins in the Indo-Pacific.
Species
ゼブラガニ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyPilumnidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Pilumnidae
- Collections
- NMV, QM, WAM, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Ecology and life cycle
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Zebrida is a small genus of distinctive striped crabs, known as zebra crabs, that live in association with sea urchins in the Indo-Pacific.
==Description== Zebrida was described by Arthur Adams as "a torpid, though elegant little crustacean". It is "the most unusual" of the genera in the subfamily Eumedoninae, with long spines projecting from the body, and a distinctive pattern of stripes across the exoskeleton.
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