Tags: Crustacean.

Pilumnus hirtellus the bristly crab or hairy crab is a species of European crab. It is less than 1 inch (25 mm) long and covered in hair. It lives in shallow water and feeds on carrion.

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binomial authority
Carl Linnaeus
class
Malacostraca
family
Pilumnoidea
genus
Pilumnus (crab)
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Crab
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
Cancer hirtellus (Linnaeus 1761)

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