crustacean
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With a leg span of up to one metre and a body weight of more than 4kg, they are also the world's largest land-dwelling crustacean and are able to climb trees.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Developers have embraced the crustacean and he has become a mascot for Claude Code.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Rather than crustacean larvae, the specimens were adult female insects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Since January, I've spent hours on the lobster every day," Gao told AFP, referring to OpenClaw's red crustacean mascot.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
The fiddler crab, that small and picturesque crustacean whose hordes move over mud flats or sand flats like grazing cattle, has no defense against the sprayers.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
The annual red crab migration, when millions of the crustaceans emerge from the forest and scramble to the ocean, is one focal point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
This primary production supports a wider food web that includes fish, crustaceans and seals.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Instead, it has proven to be about Appalachian springsnails—and a few other rare or endangered species, including freshwater mussels, fish, and crustaceans.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
Grey seals typically feed on fish such as sand eels, cod and herring, as well as squid and crustaceans.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
They are linked so intimately and indispensably with the lives of many fishes, mollusks, and crustaceans that were they no longer habitable these seafoods would disappear from our tables.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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