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Kelp crab
Kelp Kelp, n. [Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.] 1. The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine. 2. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed. Note: Laminaria is the common kelp of Great Britain; Macrocystis pyrifera and Nereocystis Lutkeana are the great kelps of the Pacific Ocean. Kelp crab (Zo["o]l.), a California spider crab (Epialtus productus), found among seaweeds, which it resembles in color. Kelp salmon (Zo["o]l.), a serranoid food fish (Serranus clathratus) of California. See Cabrilla.

Meaning of Kelp crab from wikipedia

- Pugettia producta, known as the northern kelp crab or shield-backed kelp crab, is a species of crab in the family Epialtidae. Its upper carapace is typically...
- stramenopile (a group containing many protists). Kelp grows in "underwater forests" (kelp forests) in shallow oceans. Kelps were previously thought to have appeared...
- of subtidal kelp containing the species Nereocystis luetkeana. Some English names include edible kelp, bull kelp, bullwhip kelp, ribbon kelp, bladder wrack...
- commonly known as the graceful kelp crab, is a species of small crab in the family Epialtidae. It lives among forests of kelp on the Pacific coast of North...
- Kelp forests are underwater areas with a high density of kelp, which covers a large part of the world's coastlines. Smaller areas of anc****d kelp are...
- is a genus of kelp crabs in the family Epialtidae. It comprises the following species: Pugettia dalli Rathbun, 1894 – spined kelp crab Pugettia elongata...
- The Crab and the Monkey, also known as Monkey-Crab Battle (猿かに合戦, saru kani g****en) or The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab, is a ****anese folktale...
- Taliepus nuttallii, known generally as the southern kelp crab or globose kelp crab, is a species of true crab in the family Epialtidae. It is found in the East...
- The Puget Sound king crab (Echidnocerus cibarius), is a species of king crab which inhabits the oceans of the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska...
- stars, small crabs, including juvenile sheep crabs and northern kelp crabs, and dead fish. Sheep crabs are pre**** upon by sea otters, cabezon, California...