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struggles, but not for catching food. The fifth pair of
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and other organic particles from the water using long
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418:(feathery hair- or bristle-like structures) on the
1176:Masayuki Osawa & Patsy A. McLaughlin (2010).
891:Denny, Mark W. & Gaines, Steven Dean (2007).
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290:Description
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204:Pleocyemata
1586:Categories
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788:Porcellana
750:Raphidopus
720:Porcellana
674:Haig, 1962
650:Orthochela
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1300:0024-4082
864:Limestone
857:Tithonian
855:from the
852:Jurellana
540:Eulenaios
530:Euceramus
459:Diversity
447:Hong Kong
404:Antarctic
360:eyestalks
344:true crab
334:Evolution
312:appendage
280:Tithonian
253:See text
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154:Eukaryota
1401:BugGuide
1338:Q1435521
1332:Wikidata
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412:plankton
402:and the
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352:carapace
230:Family:
194:Decapoda
170:Phylum:
164:Animalia
150:Domain:
1597:Anomura
1556:7073261
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1070:1690904
893:"Crabs"
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408:beaches
364:abdomen
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239:Haworth
214:Anomura
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316:moults
241:, 1825
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1471:98058
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1445:47805
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445:. In
416:setae
276:crabs
1492:NCBI
1466:ITIS
1432:8673
1427:GBIF
1414:EPPO
1393:1509
1388:BOLD
1296:ISSN
1220:2010
1160:2005
1113:PMID
1075:PMID
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