Word Of The Day

Carcinisation:

Carcinisation (or carcinization) is an example of convergent evolution in which a crustacean evolves into a crab-like form from a non-crab-like form. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as “one of the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab”. Most carcinised crustaceans belong to the order Anomura. [Wikipedia]

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