Common name of Geryon trispinosus
 
Common Name Three-spined deep-sea red crab
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canary Islands
Locality Canary Is.
Ref. González, J.A., J.I. Santana, J.M. Lorenzo, J.A. Quiles, S. Jiménez, G. González-Lorenzo, J.M. Landeira, J. Barquín and I.J. Lozano, 2017
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st Modifier habitat/ecology
2nd Modifier morphology
Remarks 'crab', from Proto-into-European root '*gerbh' meaning 'to scratch, carve' and Dutch 'krabelen', i.e. 'to scratch', 'claw'. So called'three-spined' because of the three spines on the anterior side of the shell.
 
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