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Arch Fronted Swimming Crab

Liocarcinus navigator (Herbst 1794)

ecosystem engineering

Queirós et al 2013
regenerator
URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_REG

Definition: Regenerators are excavators that dig and continuously maintain burrows in the sediment and by doing so they mechanically transfer sediment from depth to the surface.

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motility

Queirós et al 2013
actively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile

Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis

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