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Glass-Crab Lobster Larva
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Description: "Glass-crab (larva of Palinurus). GLASS-CRAB. A crab of the spurious genus Phyllosoma, or of the spurious order Phyllosomata-- that is, any young shrimp of either of the families Palinuridae and Scyllaridae. These larvae are as thin as paper, flat and transparent, and have no resemblance to the adult." -Whitney, 1911
Source: Whitney, William Dwight The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York: The Century Co., 1911) 3: 2531
Keywords: glass-crab, lobster larva, Palinurus, Phyllosoma, Phyllosomata, young shrimp, Palinuridae, Scyllaridae
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