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==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
"Crawmad" is likely a combination of the words "{{w|Crayfish|crawdad}}" and "{{w|nomad}}"given their resemblance to the real-world crustaceans and the nomadic patterns of the {{w|hermit crab}}, which the Hermit Crawmad is also named after. The Japanese names of members of this family refer to the word {{j|シャコ|shako}}, which means {{w|mantis shrimp}}, a real world creature that highly resembles the Hermit Crawmad. | "Crawmad" is likely a combination of the words "{{w|Crayfish|crawdad}}" and "{{w|nomad}}"given their resemblance to the real-world crustaceans and the nomadic patterns of the {{w|hermit crab}}, which the Hermit Crawmad is also named after. The Japanese names of members of this family refer to the word {{j|シャコ|shako}}, which means {{w|mantis shrimp}}, a real world creature that highly resembles the Hermit Crawmad. | ||
Members share the ''Camabarus'' genus, which is a play on the real world genus for crawfish, {{w|cambarus}}. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||