Portal:Crustaceans/Did you know/14


 * ... that Cameroon is named after the ghost shrimp Lepidophthalmus turneranus (pictured) which Portuguese settlers observed swarming in the Wouri River in the 15th century?
 * ... that the porcelain crab Pisidia longicornis is sometimes found among mussels and oysters in European fish markets?
 * ... that the meat of the slipper lobster Ibacus peronii is considered inferior to that of the Moreton Bay bug because it sometimes tastes of garlic?
 * ... that Tanymastix stagnalis is the only species of fairy shrimp to occur in Ireland?