Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term...

quite dissimilar. The group has been moulded by several instances of carcinisation – the development of a crab-like body form. Thus, the king crabs (Lithodidae)...

have evolved features similar to true crabs through a process known as carcinisation. Crabs are found in all of the world's oceans, as well as in fresh water...

about this hypothesis, king crabs are the most widely quoted example of carcinisation among the Decapoda. The evidence for this explanation comes from the...

property of "-phyly", which they assert applies only to groups of species. Carcinisation Convergent evolution Urry, Lisa A. (2016). Campbell Biology (11th ed...

Aegla. It is clear, however, that Lomis represents a separate case of carcinisation. The name "Lomidae" may also be encountered, but is incorrect. McLaughlin...

size, or entirely absent. In both sexes, the uropods are biramous. Carcinisation has previously been explored in regards to outer morphology; however...

early Pliensbachian of England, which lacked the crab-like morphology (carcinisation) of modern crabs, and Eoprosopon klugi from the late Pliensbachian of...

is reduced and used for cleaning. Porcelain crabs are an example of carcinisation, whereby a noncrab-like animal (in this case a relative of a squat lobster)...

might lead to the impression that convergent evolution has occurred. Carcinisation – Evolution of crustaceans into crab-like forms Morphology (biology) –...