Common Name | Jewel-box pea crab |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official Trade Name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | United States (contiguous states) |
Locality | |
Ref. | Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005 |
Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | behavior |
1st Modifier | mod. for size |
2nd Modifier | morphology |
Remarks | 'crab' from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e., 'to curve'. |