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crab louse
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crab louse
a parasitic louse, Pthirus (or Phthirus) pubis, that infests the pubic region in man


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A substratum level which is deep enough for the crabs to bury themselves If you are using a heater to keep the tank warm, the thickness of the substratum may interfere with it.
When a buyer out of curiosity asked the seller why the particular basket had no lid, the seller said that the crabs were from India and if one crab tries to climb up and get out of the basket, other crabs will pull its legs.
Wolcott and Hines (1990) further refined the scale by analyzing individual crab movements as the crabs approached ecdysis.
 
 
 
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