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Planes minutus (gulfweed crab)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Planes minutus is a species of pelagic crab that lives in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is typically less than 10 mm (0.4 in) long across the back, and is variable in colouration, to match its background. It may have been the crab seen by Christopher Columbus on Sargassum weed in the Sargasso Sea in 1492.
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Prey / Diet

Planes minutus (gulfweed crab)[1]

Predators

Caretta caretta (Loggerhead)[1]
Chelidonichthys lucerna (Sapphirine gurnard)[1]
Chelidonichthys obscurus (Shining gurnard)[1]
Phoebastria nigripes (Black-footed Albatross)[2]
Planes minutus (gulfweed crab)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0