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Leach's Squat Lobster

Galathea squamifera Leach 1814

locomotion

Hessler 1981
tail-flipping
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5039547

Definition: "Caridoid escape reaction": innate escape mechanism in marine and freshwater crustaceans; rapid abdominal flexions that produce powerful swimming strokes, thrusting the crustacean backwards through the water and away from danger.

Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caridoid_escape_reaction

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(adult)
Hessler 1981
walking
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000056

Definition: locomoting on limbs with body off the ground such that at least one limb is always touching the ground

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