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Pea crab
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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 bivalves.[2]
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Pea crab | |
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Pinnotheres pisum ♂ | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Pinnotheridae |
Genus: | Pinnotheres |
Species: | P. pisum |
Binomial name | |
Pinnotheres pisum | |
Synonyms | |
Pinnotheres cranchii Leach, 1815 |
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