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Metacarcinus

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Metacarcinus is a genus of in the family rock crabs.

EOL has data for one attribute:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Metacarcinus. View this species on GBIF

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Metacarcinus includes 1 child:

Metacarcinus magister Schweitzer & Feldmann 2000 (Dungeness crab)