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Cardus crucifer
Cardus crucifer
Classification
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Polychelidae
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Cardus crucifer is a species of blind deep-water decapod crustacean from the Atlantic Ocean, the only species in the genus Cardus. It differs from other members of the family Polychelidae in having only four pairs of claws, instead of five, in both sexes. The name Cardus refers to the thistle Carduus, in reference to the spiny thistle-like carapace.
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Distribution
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 1
Sources and credits
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