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the blind
crustacean
Polycheles typhlops
preys on
fish
and on other crustaceans, probably acting as an
ambush predator
?
the
bioluminescent
crustacean
Vargula hilgendorfii
, named after
Franz Hilgendorf
, was used as a light source by Japanese soldiers in
World War II
?
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Crustacean
Mary's Point
in
New Brunswick
,
Canada
has the world's highest density of
Corophium volutator
, a
crustacean
which is a food source of millions of
Semipalmated Sandpipers
?
Poecilostomatoida
(
pictured
) are
parasitic
crustaceans
?
although their
larvae
have been known since 1887, the adults of the
crustacean
group
Facetotecta
have never been seen?
the
crustaceans
known as
giant isopods
, which live in the depths of the
Atlantic
and
Pacific Ocean
, can grow up to 45 centimetres long?
the
bloody-red mysid
(pictured)
, a
crustacean
native to the
Ponto-Caspian region
, has recently
invaded
the
North American
Great Lakes
?
the recently discovered
Speleonectes atlantida
is an eyeless
crustacean
equipped with powerful
prehensile
limbs
and poisonous fangs that function as
hypodermic needles
?
Decapoda
Percnon gibbesi
is the most
invasive
decapod
species ever to enter the
Mediterranean Sea
?
the
shrimp
Periclimenes dardanicola
resides on
sea anemones
on the shell of the
hermit crab
Dardanus pedunculatus
, in one of the few associations between two
decapods
?
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