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Pilumnus hirtellus
Species of crustacean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pilumnus hirtellus, the bristly crab[3] or hairy crab,[4] is a species of European crab. It is less than 1 inch (25 mm) long and covered in hair. It lives in shallow water and feeds on carrion.
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Pilumnus hirtellus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Pilumnidae |
Genus: | Pilumnus |
Species: | P. hirtellus |
Binomial name | |
Pilumnus hirtellus | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Cancer hirtellus Linnaeus, 1761 |
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