Definition of Pinnotheres ostreum

1. Noun. Tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters.

Exact synonyms: Oyster Crab
Group relationships: Genus Pinnotheres, Pinnotheres
Generic synonyms: Pea Crab

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinnotheres Ostreum

Pineus pinifoliae
Pinewood
Ping River
Pingster
Pinguinus
Pinguinus impennis
Pinicola
Pinicola enucleator
Pinkerton
Pinkerton Syndrome
Pinkster
Pinkus tumour
Pinnipedia
Pinnish mark
Pinnotheres
Pinnotheres ostreum (current term)
Pinnotheridae
Pino
Pinocchio
Pinocchio illusion
Pinocchios
Pinophytina
Pinopsida
Pinot
Pinot Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
Pinot blanc
Pinot grape
Pinot noir
Pinoy

Literary usage of Pinnotheres ostreum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1850)
"Pinnotheres ostreum, SAY—New-York and Charleston Cabinets. From the Coast of New-York and Coast of South-Carolina, most probably its range is from Cape Cod ..."

2. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1878)
"Pinnotheres ostreum Say is brought north in considerable numbers in oysters from the Chesapeake and, very likely, occasionally survives for a considerable ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"A familiar American species is Pinnotheres ostreum, found in oysters, and bright reddish-yellow when cooked. It is esteemed a great dainty, ..."

4. Report Upon the Invertebrate Animals of Vineyard Sound and Adjacent Waters by Addison Emery Verrill (1874)
"... maculatus* lives in their shells, between their gills, in the same manner as the common Pinnotheres ostreum lives in the oyster. ..."

5. Introduction to Zoology: A Guide to the Study of Animals ; for the Use of by Charles Benedict Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport (1902)
"Together with Cambarus it does much damage by burrowing in the levees of the Mississippi River (Fig. 106). FIG. 105. — Pinnotheres ostreum. ..."

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