Leeches are segmented worms that belong to the phylum Annelida and comprise the subclass Hirudinea and live in Rice Field crabs. Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and ...

Parasites in mollusks are often neglected by humans, while some species were reported to be harmful to economic mollusks and caused production decrease. Metazoan parasites of mollusk studies from the ...

A burgeoning Jonah crab population is proving a challenge for some Nova Scotia lobster fishermen. Dan Fleck, executive director of the Brazil Rock 33/34 Lobster Association, says the crabs are ...

Meet the largest land-dwelling anthropoid: the coconut crab. This unique creature has developed some remarkable features and adaptations to survive in its terrestrial environment. It’s a genuinely ...

Invertebrates are animals lacking a backbone, and vertebrates are those with a backbone. Most invertebrates are in the phylum Arthropoda, whereas vertebrates are in the phylum Chordata. If we classify ...

Petrolisthes eriomerus is a species of marine porcelain crab found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the flattop crab. It is a flattened, rounded animal, with a carapace up to ...

This review provides the updated information and analysis of research development on horseshoe crabs over the past 30 years and raises some suggestions for future studies on horseshoe crabs. Horseshoe ...

The city-run Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum is housed in a building modeled after the brackish water arthropod. According to curator Kojiro Azumakawa, the horseshoe crab has a bowl-shaped smooth ...