Common Name | Couch rubble 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 | person (eponym) |
Remarks | 'crab', from Proto-into-European root '*gerbh' meaning 'to scratch, carve' and Dutch 'krabelen', i.e. 'to scratch', 'claw'. Dedicated to the author's father, British ichthyologist J. Couch. |