ickplant@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 3 days agoAnimals with Misleading Names by Bird and Moonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1704arrow-down12
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minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoking crabs arnt really crabs, but a type of hermit crab.
minus-squareNailbar@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoOoh that means hermit crabs aren’t really crabs but actually hermit crabs!
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoConvergent evolution. Also, horseshoe crabs are apparently arachnids now. The largest arachnids in fact
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day agoAlso sea spiders arnt spiders at all, a sister group and basal of chelicterata. as many of them dont have 8 legs, some have 5, and others have 6.
king crabs arnt really crabs, but a type of hermit crab.
Ooh that means hermit crabs aren’t really crabs but actually hermit crabs!
Convergent evolution.
Also, horseshoe crabs are apparently arachnids now. The largest arachnids in fact
Also sea spiders arnt spiders at all, a sister group and basal of chelicterata. as many of them dont have 8 legs, some have 5, and others have 6.
Ah, more of an autonomous singleton.