File:FMIB 47662 Robber-Crab of Oriental Island Jungles.jpeg

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Alfred William Alcock  (1859–1933)  wikidata:Q947470 s:en:Author:Alfred William Alcock
 
Alfred William Alcock
Alternative names
Alcock; A. Alcock; A. W. Alcock
Description -British physician
Date of birth/death 23 June 1859 Edit this at Wikidata 24 March 1933 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mumbai Belvedere
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creator QS:P170,Q947470
Description
English: Robber-Crab of Oriental Island Jungles

Male of the Robber-crab (Birgus latro).... The small and slender fifth pair of legs are tucked up, out of sight, in the branchial chambers. The specimen from which the drawing was made weighed nearly six pounds. It is in a conventional attitude

  • Subject: Crabs, Birgus
  • Tag: Shellfish
Date 1902.00
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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English: Alcock, Alfred W. (1902) Naturalist in Indian Seas : or, Four Years with the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship 'Investigator', New York City, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co.
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Public domain This is a photograph from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank at the University of Washington. Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.

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