Metamorphosis of a Crab
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Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which generally have a very short projecting tail. The body of the crab in its first larval stage is composed of short, globular portion, furnished with conspicuous long spines and a relaively long, jointed tail. This is call the zoëa stage.
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Winchell, Alexander Sketches of Creation (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1870)
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