Platymaia Miers, 1885 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Inachidae) can swim Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Abstract Two small spider crabs belonging to a species of Platymaia Miers, 1885 (Inachidae) were photographed by video feed from the Nautilus Exploration Program vessel Nautilus at 706 m off American Samoa, Pacific Ocean. Individuals swam by extending and contracting their very long, slender legs, rising above the sea floor by an estimated 2 m. These crabs do not have paddles on the fifth pereiopods, but they have setose legs. This is the first report of swimming in the wild for a crab of this genus.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY

altmetric score

  • 1

author list (cited authors)

  • Wicksten, M. K., & Bingo, S.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Wicksten, Mary K||Bingo, Sarah

publication date

  • March 2021