Homolidae
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homolidae-175-3397010
title:
Homolidae
text:
The family Homolidae, known as carrier crabs or porter crabs, contains 14 genera of marine crabs. They mostly live on the continental slope and continental shelf, and are rarely encountered. Members of the Homolidae have their fifth pereiopods in a sub-dorsal position, which allows them to hold objects in place over the rear half of the carapace. The objects carried include sponges, black corals and gorgonians, and this behaviour may be a defence mechanism against predators. Some species have be
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Family of crabs
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homolidae
date created:
2011-04-26T19:34:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T13:45:03Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16