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"Brachyura" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... probably the case; for with most animals when the male is larger than the female, he seems to owe his greater size to his ancestors having fought with other males during many generations. In most of the orders, especially in the highest or the Brachyura, the male is larger than the female; the parasitic genera, however, in which the sexes follow different habits of life, and most of the Entomostraca must be excepted. The chelae of many crustaceans are weapons ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin |
Words linked to "Brachyura" : Cancridae, genus Uca, Pinnotheridae, Lithodidae, suborder Reptantia, family Lithodidae, Reptantia, brachyurous, family Pinnotheridae, animal order, Portunidae, Uca, Majidae, crab, family Majidae, family Cancridae, genus Menippe, family Portunidae, Menippe |
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