cancrisocial (kangkrisoshal)

[L. can cer ( cancr- ) + E. social.] Social with crabs; a ociated with a crab in vital economy: ap Cancrisocial Animals. Sea-anemone ( Sagartia parasitic a ) on a whelk ( Buccinum undatum) inhabited by a hermit-crab ( Pagurus bernhardus). plied to sea-anemones and other animals which grow on the shell of a crab, or on a shell of which a hermit-crab has also taken po e ion. In some cases the a ociation seems to be not merely fortuitous, but to involve some community of vital interest. cancrivorous (kang-kriv'ō-rus), a. [L. can cer (cancr-), a crab, + vorare, eat, devour.] Crab-eating; carcinophagous: applied to sundry animals. Also can crop hag ous.