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Ovalipes catharus

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• ... that one of the major prey groups of the paddle crab, Ovalipes catharus, is other paddle crabs?

• Source: "Natural diet of the crab Ovalipes catharus (Crustacea, Portunidae) around central and northern New Zealand" Wear & Haddon 1987

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• Comment: There are other neat things like the way it uses its paddles to burrow or swim (we even have an extremely cool GIF of the former from iNaturalist), easily the most fascinating aspect is the prolific cannibalism – as much as 1/3 of their diet in some localities, as I recall.

Improved to Good Article status by TheTechnician27 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 02:25, 27 November 2024 (UTC).