Xanthidae
Xanthidae (mud crabs; class Malacostraca, order Decapoda) A family of crabs several species of which have neurotoxins contained in their
exoskeletons. Mud crabs are oval to hexagonal, and broadened anteriorly. Many are very fecund,
Menippe mercenaria (stone crab) producing 3–6 million eggs in less than 70 days. This species can be a serious predator of oysters, each crab taking on average up to 219 small and large oysters per year. Some species of mud crabs live on coral reefs, and three or four species of
Xantho occur in European waters.
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Mail Call.(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: Newsweek International; 7/31/2006; 700+ words
; ...chapter 8, is not the Susanna who appears in the Jean-Baptiste Santerre painting that is used as an illustration for the accompanying graphic, "Women of Christ." Santerre's "Susanna" depicts the woman whose story is...
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Mort a vivre (exposition).
Magazine article from: Anthropologie et Societés; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...dite <<la desolation>>, de Jean-Baptiste Cote, font appel aux tripes plutot qu'a l'intellect...funerailles des grands de chez nous, les Rene Levesque, les Jean Lesage, les Daniel Johnson, pour ne pas remonter jusqu...
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Jean Baptiste Santerre
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jean Baptiste Santerre , 1651-1717, French figure and portrait painter. He was known for allegorical portraits and his rococo use of nude figures...
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Santerre, Jean-Baptiste
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Santerre, Jean-Baptiste ( b Magny-en-Vexin, nr. Paris, 23 Mar. 1658; d Paris, 21 Nov. 1717). French painter. He was mainly a portrait painter...
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