Portal:Crustaceans/Did you know/14

... that Cameroon is named after the ghost shrimp Lepidophthalmus turneranus (pictured) which Portuguese settlers observed swarming in the Wouri River in the 15th century?
... that the porcelain crab Pisidia longicornis is sometimes found among mussels and oysters in European fish markets?
... that the meat of the slipper lobster Ibacus peronii is considered inferior to that of the Moreton Bay bug because it sometimes tastes of garlic?
... that Tanymastix stagnalis is the only species of fairy shrimp to occur in Ireland?