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Hair crab

Latin: Pilumnus hirtellus
Size:
Shell width up to 20 mm.
Levested:
Hard bottom on the shore and between clusters of mussels and o-shells. Found down to 70 meters.
Distribution:
From North Africa and north to Western Norway.
Food:
Mainly carrion
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