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Apparently it is hard to draw a horseshoe crab in a T-shirt (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by General_Effort@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

they are crabs so yes

[-] SuperPengato@scribe.disroot.org 20 points 3 days ago

They're not crabs! They're not even crustaceans! They're not even mandibulates, which means insects and myriapods are more closely related to crabs than they are! They aren't even antennulata, which means they're further from crustaceans than trilobites were!

What they are is cheliceriforms, like sea spiders and arachnids.

They can be consumed, but not all of them, and there is a risk of poisoning.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

if not crab why call crab

[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Perhaps we could make an argument for carcinization applying to naming as well? What if anything we can't place could end up getting named something related to crabs?

"It's 16:59 and some seconds and I need to run in less than a minute! We'll call it a somethingsomething crab! Now I need a beer and I've got a train to catch, see y'all Monday!"

[-] SuperPengato@scribe.disroot.org 9 points 3 days ago

Don't blame me, I call them limules. I'd say something about carcinisation, but tbh I don't think they even look or move enough like crabs for it to apply. Someone just called it that and it stuck I guess.