Zaops ostreum (Say 1817) artikkelit

Oyster crab ( englanti )

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The oyster crab (Zaops ostreus) is a small, whitish or translucent crab in the family Pinnotheridae.

Ecology

It is less than half an inch across, and lives inside the gills of an oyster or a clam.^[3] It uses the oyster for protection and lives on the food that the oyster gets for itself. It is found in oysters in the North Atlantic Ocean.^[3]

Distribution

Zaops ostreus is found along the eastern seaboards of North America and South America, from Massachusetts to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b P. K. L. Ng; D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
^ "Zaops ostreum (Say, 1817)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Paul A. Sandifer (1972). "Growth of young oyster crabs, Pinnotheres ostreum Say, reared in the laboratory". Chesapeake Science. 13 (3): 221–222. doi:10.2307/1351069. JSTOR 1351069.
^ Darryl L. Felder; Fernando Álvarez; Joseph W. Goy & Rafael Lemaitre (2009). "Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea". In John W. Tunnell Jr.; Darryl L. Felder & Sylvia A. Earle (eds.). Biodiversity. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 1019–1105. ISBN 978-1-60344-094-3.

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Oyster crab: Brief Summary ( englanti )

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The oyster crab (Zaops ostreus) is a small, whitish or translucent crab in the family Pinnotheridae.

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Distribution ( englanti )

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Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway)

North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)