decorator crab

== English == === Noun === decorator crab (plural decorator crabs) A crab of certain species within the superfamily Majoidea that decorate their bodies with materials from the environment to hide from, or ward off, predators. ==== Hyponyms ==== Acanthonyx dentatus (toothed crab) Naxia tumida (little seaweed crab) Macropodia rostrata (long-legged spider crab) Stenocionops furcata (furcate spider crab) Oregonia gracilis (graceful decorator crab) Hyastenus elatus (sponge decorator crab) Achaeus spinosus (spider crab) Maja crispata (small spider crab) Herbstia parvifrons (crevice spider crab) Libinia emarginata (portly spider crab, nine-spined spider crab) Libinia dubia (Longnose spider crab) Loxorhynchus crispatus (masking crab, moss crab) Hyas araneus (great spider crab) Camposcia retusa (harlequin crab, spider decorator crab) Stenorhynchus seticornis (yellowline arrow crab)