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Narrative
Crab-like (Porcellanidae Family) are a group of crabs that are somewhat related to the hermit crabs and mud shrimp. This family belongs in the Anomuran group of Crabs. They can be recognized by the characteristic that their last pair of legs are greatly reduced in size and are carried either next to or under the shell.
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Crustacea
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Crabs And Allies
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Order
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Decapoda-anomura
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Crabs - Hermit And Relatives
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Family
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Porcellanidae
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Crab-like
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SubFamily
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References
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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