Pea crab
| Pea crab | |
|---|---|
| Pinnotheres pisum ♂ | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Pinnotheridae |
| Genus: | Pinnotheres |
| Species: | P. pisum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinnotheres pisum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pinnotheres cranchii Leach, 1815 | |
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.