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Description:

True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (Greek: βραχύς / brachys = short,[2] οὐρά / οura = tail[3]), or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax. Many other animals with similar names – such as hermit crabs, king crabs, porcelain crabs, horseshoe crabs and crab lice – are not true crabs.

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Please delete the second & third photos as there appears to be no species in these except the humans in photo 3.
Please consider joining the Cave Biota of the Philippines mission, http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9049473 and adding this spotting to the mission.
Hello. Crabs fall into the Arthropod group so I'll move it there. Best
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PublishedAugust 20, 2011

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