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Description: | Crabs are found in shallow, coastal waters in a variety of different environments, especially rocky shorelines. Their tough exoskeleton (external shell) is made out of chitin, a substance similar to finger nails. They are predators and feed mainly on bivalves and gastropods that they break open with their claws. This specimen shows a well-preserved body carapace (shell) with claws and legs. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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