Crab, The

Crab, The,

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[Lat.,=the crab], in astronomy, constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Gemini and Leo; it is a constellation of the zodiac. It contains the star cluster Praesepe, but no bright stars.
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in common usage, group of stars that appear to form a configuration in the sky; properly speaking, a constellation is a definite region of the sky in which the configuration of stars is contained.
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Although the rate of infestation was found to increase with the increase in size of the host crab, the two variables are poorly correlated (R2 = 0.
Occurrence of Pedunculate Barnacles of the Symbiotic Genus Octolasmis (Cirripedia: Crustacea) in Two Species of Edible Crabs
Once they'd tested each coconut crab, the scientists analyzed the data they'd collected.
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To further understand the pathogenic changes of the diseased crab, the ultrathin sections of tissues of the diseased crab sampled from the farms were examined with transmission electron microscopy.
Pathological Changes and Risk Factors of Hepatopancreas Necrosis Disease of Mitten Crab, Eriocheir Sinensis
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Among male crab, the relationship between ChH and CL had an allometry coefficient of 1.
Depth and temperature distribution, morphometries, and sex ratios of red deepsea crab (Chaceon quinquedens) at 4 sampling sites in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Although green crabs have been established for an extended period of time on the east coast of North America, they are being rapidly replaced by a relatively recent invasive crab, the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan).
Differential response of the American lobster Homarus americanus to the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus and green crab Carcinus maenas
Because a hard crab will kill and eat a soft crab, the shedding tanks must be carefully watched 'round the clock and the shedding crabs removed to another tank.
Crab gate; The fall of an American icon: the waterman
There's also something in the dictum 'you only get out what you put in' -- when you're eating crab, the rewards are great.
Swamp fever
In the male crab, the articulation of telson with 6th abdominal segment was not normal while in the female crab an additional incomplete abdominal segment was present.
Some External Abnormalities Found in Edible Crabs, Portunus pelagicus and P. sanguinolentus, of Pakistan
For red king crab, the leg retraction reflex test was replaced with a test of antennae movement response.
Quantification and reduction of unobserved mortality rates for snow, southern tanner, and red king crabs (Chionoecetes opilio, C. bairdi, and Paralithodes camtschaticus) after encounters with trawls on the seafloor

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