Cestopagurus timidus

Cestopagurus timidus

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Paguridae

There are 1,774 species of crustaceans recorded in Ireland. Crustaceans are arthropods of the subphylum Crustacea. Most are aquatic, such as shrimp, barnacles, lobsters, crayfish, krill, but some are also adapted for land living, such as woodlice and crabs.

Distribution

Cestopagurus timidus — (c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Spain · 58France · 32United Kingdom · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Ben Jobson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionList of crustaceans of Ireland, Wikipedia contributors

Cestopagurus timidus

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