Modern and Fossil Porcelain Crabs (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Modern and Fossil Porcelain Crabs

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The shells, or carapaces, of a modern porcelain crab (left) and the oldest known fossil porcelain crab (right). The carapaces are 8 and 3 millimeters wide, respectively. Porcelain crabs are really members of the squat lobster family that became adapted to the same intertidal environment as true crabs.

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Cristina Robins & Adiel Klompmaker, UC Berkeley

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