[jbovlaste] Re: crab

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 17 September 2010 08:57:35 John Cowan wrote:
> Remo Dentato scripsit:
> > I'm going to use xasyjukni for crustacean (unless there are arthropods
> > that live in the sea) and use {cukla xasyjukni } for "crab".
>
> Horseshoe crabs and the aforementioned sea-spiders are both arthropod
> classes that are marine, and as I said before, xasyjukni definitely
> suggests sea spiders rather than crustaceans to me.

Horseshoe crabs (which, despite the English name, are not crabs) are 
chelicerates, like spiders, and unlike crabs. Whether sea spiders are 
chelicerates is currently under dispute. "xasyjukni" could mean either of 
them, rather than crustaceans, to me.

Pierre
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