| Pilumnus hirtellus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Pilumnidae |
| Genus: | Pilumnus |
| Species: | P. hirtellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pilumnus hirtellus | |
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Cancer hirtellus Linnaeus, 1761 | |
Pilumnus hirtellus, the bristly crab[3] or hairy crab,[4] is a species of European crab. It is less than 1 inch (25 mm) long and covered in hair. It lives in shallow water and feeds on carrion.
- ^ "Pilumnus hirtellus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
- ^ Marie Skewes (2008). "Bristly crab - Pilumnus hirtellus". Marine Life Information Network. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
- ^ "Hairy Crab, Pilumnus hirtellus". British Marine Life Study Society. Retrieved January 3, 2009.