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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Meet Strawberry Claws—a new species of hermit crab <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-strawberry-claws-species-hermit-crab.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-11-strawber</span><span class="invisible">ry-claws-species-hermit-crab.html</span></a></p><p>A new species of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/HermitCrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrab</span></a> in the genus <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Strigopagurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strigopagurus</span></a> from the continental shelf off south-east <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queensland</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/collections-and-research/memoirs/nature-65/mqm-n65-7-davie-mcnamara" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">museum.qld.gov.au/collections-</span><span class="invisible">and-research/memoirs/nature-65/mqm-n65-7-davie-mcnamara</span></a> </p><p>"the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> has several highly distinctive features. Most striking is its bright red claws, but it also has evolved its own unique method of producing underwater sound (<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/stridulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stridulation</span></a>), much like <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/cicadas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cicadas</span></a> do in the air." </p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Crustaceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crustaceans</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a></p>