Carcinisation
Evolution of crustaceans into crab-like forms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Carcinogenesis.
Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as "the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab".[2]