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Goneplax rhomboides (Crustacea: Decapoda: Goneplacidae)
... that
symbiotic
moss animals
live on
setae
on the
antennae
,
mouthparts
and legs of the
crab
Goneplax rhomboides
(pictured)
?
... that
millipedes
in the genus
Desmoxytes
give off an
almond
-like smell as they produce
hydrogen cyanide
to ward off
predators
?
... that the
extinct
arachnid
Attercopus
was once considered as the world's oldest
spider
?
... that the extinct
sandfly
species
Lutzomyia adiketis
is host to the
Paleoleishmania
species
P. neotropicum
?
... that all species of the
fruit fly
genus
Zaprionus
have the same characteristic white stripes over the
head
and
thorax
?
... that the
invasive
crayfish
Orconectes immunis
can
outcompete
the earlier invader
O. limosus
?