Pinnotheres Hemphilli
''Pinnotheres'' is a genus of crabs, including the pea crab. Many species formerly in ''Pinnotheres'' have been placed in new genera, such as ''Zaops ostreus'' (formerly ''P. ostreus''), the oyster crab and ''Nepinnotheres novaezelandiae'' (formerly ''P.'' ''novaezelandiae)'', the New Zealand pea crab. The species currently recognised in the genus ''Pinnotheres'' are: *''Pinnotheres atrinae'' Sakai, 1939 *''Pinnotheres atrinicola'' Page, 1983 *''Pinnotheres bidentatus'' Sakai, 1939 *''Pinnotheres bipunctatus'' Nicolet, 1849 *''Pinnotheres boninensis'' Stimpson, 1858 *'' Pinnotheres borradailei'' Nobili, 1905 *''Pinnotheres corbiculae'' Sakai, 1939 *''Pinnotheres coutierei'' Nobili, 1905 *''Pinnotheres cyclinus'' Gordon, 1932 *''Pinnotheres dilatatus'' Shen, 1932 *''Pinnotheres dofleini'' Lenz, 1914 *''Pinnotheres edwardsi'' de Man, 1887 *'' Pinnotheres excussus'' Dai, Feng, Song & Chen, 1980 *'' Pinnotheres globosus'' Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 *'' Pinnotheres gordonae'' Shen, 19 ...
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Pinnotheres Pisum
The pea crab, ''Pinnotheres pisum'', is a small crab in the family Pinnotheridae that lives as a parasite in oysters, clams, mussels, and other species of bivalves. Description Pea crabs are small crustaceans about the size of a pea or dime, with a "smooth dorsal surface of the carapace, or upper exoskeleton". The exoskeleton of males is hard and circular and has eyes and antennae extending from their fronts, and the chelipeds are more robust in males than in females, which have more elonga