Swimming in Spider Crabs of the Genus Macropodia

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 16 Jan 1960 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 185, pages 181-181 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: R. G. HARTNOLL;

doi: 10.1038/185181a0

Swimming in Spider Crabs of the Genus Macropodia

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THE only adult Brachyura which have previously been recorded swimming are the Portunidae, which do so by rapid paddling of the last pair of peraeopods. These are adapted for swimming by having the distal segments flattened, with the edges densely fringed with hairs.

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