Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
818 followers · 943 posts · Server spore.social
A porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) for #InverteFest! They are decapod crustaceans in the family Porcellanidae, which resemble true crabs but are in fact closer related to squat lobsters. They have flattened bodies as an adaptation for living in rock crevices. They first appeared in the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic epoch, 145-152 million years ago.
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Cormacs Coast · @Cormac_McGinley
158 followers · 108 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
A Common Squat lobster (Galathea squamifera), County Clare, Ireland.
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