| 单词 | purse crab |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurse crab purse crab n. †(a) the coconut crab, Birgus latro (obsolete); (b) any crab of the family Leucosiidae, in which the females have a rounded chamber on the abdomen in which the egg mass is enclosed; esp. a crab of the genus Persephona, of the West Atlantic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of genus Birgus of Paguridae purse crab1713 robber crab1815 palm crab1881 tree-crab- 1713 J. Petiver Aquatilium Animalium Amboinæ i Cancer Crumenatus... Purse-Crab. 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 418 According to a native tradition, it feeds upon the fruit of the cocoa-nut, making its excursions during the night. It is of large size, and is called the Purse Crab. 1942 Ecol. Monogr. 12 185/2 Persephona punctata (L.). The purse crab was found on exposed sand beaches after onshore winds, but was more often caught in trawls in deep water. 1997 Jrnl. Crustacean Biol. 17 618/1 The purse crab Persephona mediterranea (Herbst) is common on the adjacent continental shelf. < as lemmas |
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