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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Name This Crab! Now! #114897 11/02/2003 12:08 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I caught the end of a nature sequence this afternoon. There was this astonishing crab that was bedecking itself with bits of cloth and pearls that someone had discarded in the water. It looked like a little girl dressing up in her mother's things. Apparently it is the habit of this crab to disguise itself in bits and pieces of everything from fabrit to twine to sponge--anything that falls to the bottom--and these things adhere to this particular species of crab by way of something on its body that is akin to velcro, but I can't remember how to speel velcro. It's not calld the gypsy crab, or the scavenger crab...I can't remember what it's called. Does anyone know? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Name This Crab! Now! #114898 11/02/2003 12:27 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, there is a generic term 'scavenger crab' that covers any crab that scavenges for food. More interesting, a street cleaner is also referred to as a 'scavenger crab'; hadn't heard that before. If you're interested in taking a look at many different types of crabs, check out the crab list on OneLook: http://onelook.com/?w=*crab&ls=a Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Name This Crab! Now! #114899 11/02/2003 1:48 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: Here is a URL showing picture of a crab disquised as a sponge. Down at very bottom, it gives genus name Stimdromia, but doesn't say clearly that that is name of the crab in the picture. http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/crust/gbmovpet.html Here is another, camouflaged with seaweed. Genus Naxia http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/crust/gbmov743.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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