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Achaeus (crab)
''Achaeus'' is a genus of crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...s comprising the following species: *'' Achaeus affinis'' Miers, 1884 *'' Achaeus akanensis'' Sakai, 1937 *'' Achaeus anauchen'' Buitendijk, 1939 *'' Achaeus barnardi'' Griffin, 1968 *'' Achaeus boninensis'' Miyake & Takeda, 1969 *'' Achaeus brevidactylus'' Sakai, 1938 *'' Achaeus brevifalcatus'' Rathbun, 1911 *'' Achaeus brevirostris'' (Haswell, 1879) *'' Achaeus brevis'' (Ortmann, 1894) *'' Achaeus buderes'' Manning & Holthuis, 1981 *'' Achaeus cadelli'' Alcock, 1896 *'' Achaeus cranchii'' Leach, 1817 *'' Achaeus curvirostris'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873) *'' Achaeus dubia'' Laurie, 1906 *'' Achaeus erythraeus'' Balss, 1929 *'' Achaeus foresti'' Monod, 1956 *'' Achaeus gracilis'' (Costa, 1839) *'' Acha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achaeus Japonicus
''Achaeus japonicus'', sometimes known as the orang-utan crab, is a crab of the family Inachidae (spider crabs or decorator crabs) which can be observed in tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific. With a carapace of only about in diameter, it has relatively long arms, which are thickly covered with fine hairs, red or reddish brown in colour, and often laden with small bits of debris for further camouflage. It is frequently, but not always, found in association with the bubble coral ''Plerogyra sinuosa ''Plerogyra sinuosa'' is a jelly-like species of the phylum Cnidaria. It is commonly called "bubble coral" due to its bubbly appearance. The "bubbles" are grape-sized which increase their surface area according to the amount of light available: th ...''. Humann and DeLoach classify the orang-utan crab as ''"Oncinopus sp. 1"'' and assert it was "formerly classified" as ''Achaeus japonicus,'' though they describe their own genus identification as "tentative." References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |