mussel crab

mussel crab
noun
1. : a small American commensal crab (Pinnotheres maculatus) sometimes found in the mantle cavity of the mussel and other bivalves
2. : any of various crabs of the family Pinnotheridae — compare oyster crab

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a pea crab, Pinnotheres maculatus, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of mussels.
[1890-95]

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