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Pinnotheres is a
genus of crabs,
including the pea crab. Many
species formerly in
Pinnotheres have been
placed in new genera, such as
Zaops ostreus (formerly...
- The pea crab,
Pinnotheres pisum, is a
small crab in the
family Pinnotheridae that
lives as a
parasite in oysters, clams, mussels, and
other species of...
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described and
named by
Henri Filhol in 1885 as
Pinnotheres novae-zelandiae and in 1901 as
Pinnotheres schauinslandi (a
junior synonym) by H. Lenz. It...
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being distinct from
Pinnotheres novaezelandiae in 1983.
Roderic D. M. Page (1983). "Description of a new
species of
Pinnotheres and
redescription of...
- ISBN 978-1-60344-094-3. Paul A.
Sandifer (1972). "Growth of
young oyster crabs,
Pinnotheres ostreum Say,
reared in the laboratory".
Chesapeake Science. 13 (3): 221–222...
- was
erected in 1996 to hold the
species Gemmotheres chamae (formerly
Pinnotheres chamae). The
species lives as a
commensal of the
corrugate jewelbox,...
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McDermott JJ (April 1958). "Life-History and
Biology of the
Oyster Crab,
Pinnotheres ostreum Say".
Biological Bulletin. 14 (2): 146–179. doi:10.2307/1538845...
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Asthenognathus atlanticus Monod, 1933
Pinnotheridae Nepinnotheres pinnotheres (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pinnotheres pisum (Linnaeus, 1767)
Three deep-water
species have also...
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Ernesto Campos (1989). "Tumidotheres, a new
genus for
Pinnotheres margarita Smith, 1869, and
Pinnotheres maculatus Say, 1818 (Brachyura: Pinnotheridae)". Journal...
- it is the
shrimp Pontonia pinnophylax and the pea crab
Nepinnotheres pinnotheres. It is
believed that when it sees a threat, the
shrimp warns the host...
