pea crab
any of several tiny crabs of the family Pinnotheridae, the female of which lives as a commensal in the shells of bivalve mollusks.
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But I was going to show you this little pea-crab, Pinnotheres.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonInquiline, in′kwi-lin, adj. living in the abode of another, as a pea-crab in an oyster-shell.
Whether the pea crab lives at the expense of the mollusk, and sucks its juices, is uncertain.
The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical | Frank H. StaufferWhen the pea-crab discovers a supply of food he brings it to his friend, the Pinna, to be divided equally.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for pea crab
any of various globular soft-bodied crabs of the genus Pinnotheres and related genera that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalves
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