Corystes
| Corystes cassivelaunus | |
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| A male C. cassivelaunus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Corystidae |
| Genus: | Corystes Bosc, 1802 |
| Species: | C. cassivelaunus
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| Binomial name | |
| Corystes cassivelaunus (Pennant, 1777)
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| Synonyms | |
Corystes cassivelaunus, the masked crab, helmet crab or sand crab,[1] is a burrowing crab of the North Atlantic and North Sea from Portugal to Norway, which also occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.[2] It may grow up to 4 centimetres or 1.6 inches long (carapace length).[1] The name "masked crab" derives from the patterns on the carapace which resemble a human face (a case of pareidolia), in a similar manner to heikegani.[3] It is the only species in the genus Corystes.[4]
C. cassivelaunus lives buried in sandy substrates, where it feeds on the
chelipeds of males are much longer than the body, while those of females are only about as long as the carapace.[7]
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References
- ^ ARKive.org. Archived from the originalon 2004-12-26. Retrieved November 14, 2006.
- ^ "Crabs of the Southern North Sea". Department Zeevisserij (Sea Fisheries Department). October 8, 2001. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.
- ^ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). masked crab. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
- ^ Peter Davie & Michael Türkay (2011). "Corystes Bosc, 1802". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ "Helmkrab" (in Dutch). Waddenzee.nl. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
- ^ "Masked crab, Corystes cassivelaunus". Sefton Coast.
- ^ M. J. De Kluijver. & S. S. Ingalsuo. "Corystes cassivelaunus". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved January 9, 2010.