Tags: Crustacean.

Oregonia gracilis commonly known as the graceful decorator crab is a species of crab belonging to the family Oregoniidae. Like other decorator crabs it habitually attaches other organisms to its back as camouflage or to warn off predators.

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binomial authority
James Dwight Dana
class
Malacostraca
family
Oregoniidae
genus
Oregonia (genus)
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Crab
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
(Dana 1851), (Spence Bate 1864), (Yokoya 1933), *Oregonia hirta, *Oregonia longimana, *Oregonia mutsuensis

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