Talk:Squat lobster

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Arthropods, a collaborative effort to improve and expand Wikipedia's coverage of arthropods. If you would like to participate, visit the project page where you can join the project and/or contribute to discussion.
B	This article has been rated as B-class on the quality scale.
Mid	This article has been rated as mid-importance on the importance scale.
Article Grading: The article has been rated for quality and/or importance but has no comments yet. If appropriate, please review the article and then leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need.

	Squat lobster is within the scope of WikiProject Fishing, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of fishing. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can register your interest for the project and see a list of open tasks.
Start	This article has been rated as Start-Class on the assessment scale.
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-Importance on the assessment scale.
	Please explain ratings on the ratings summary page.

Contents 1 Size? 2 LANGOSTINO 3 10 legs 4 NPR

[edit] Size?

I would like to know how big these things usually are and their maximum size altogether. Is there anyone out there that can add this to the article? --Spyderboyy

[edit] LANGOSTINO

How is this related to this critter? Langostino If they are the same, shouldn't the article be merged?--208.65.192.1 02:36, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Please see my somewhat lengthy reply at Talk:Langostino. --Stemonitis 07:26, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 10 legs

I thought decapods had ten legs? I see only eight in the image. What happened to the other two? Lupo 11:46, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, perhaps the remaining two are sitting near the telson, keeping the gills clean, like on hermit crabs?

That doesn't make sense to me. The telson is at the tail, whereas the gills are in front of the first pair of pleopods. See e.g. decapod anatomy, or e.g. Krill#Morphology. Lupo 07:08, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

In many Anomalans, the fifth pair of pereiopods (so those located on the last thoracic segment, before the abdomen and long before the telson) are often located inside the gill chamber, and are used for cleaning the gills. I think this is what 24.118.230.154 meant above, although he/she got the location wrong. If it's not explicit in the Anomala article or elsewhere, I'll have to look at including it. This is, incidentally, why an eight-legged "crab" is not a true crab, but a hermit crab, porcelain crab, king crab, or other pseudo-crab. At least on dead specimens, it's not hard to prise the last pair of legs out, since the carapace is not normally held down. A living animal may, however, object. --Stemonitis 07:20, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! Probably this article should point it out, too, even if that leads to some duplication between this article and Anomala... Lupo 07:54, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Also done. --Stemonitis 10:59, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Its kinda hard to tell with that picture, but that thing has a long tail that its hiding under it right? Highlandlord 12:53, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPR

NPR, about two weeks ago, had a rather lengthy discussion of the Langostino debate. If someone can find it, it might provide some good information, as well as a great audio-based external link. ThuranX 04:50, 27 November 2006 (UTC)