Pea crab
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Pea crab | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | subphylum = Crustacea | classis = Malacostraca | ordo = Decapoda | subordo = Pleocyemata | infraordo = Brachyura | familia = Pinnotheridae | genus = Pinnotheres | species = P. pisum | binomial = Pinnotheres pisum | binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1767 }}
The pea crab (Pinnotheres pisum) is a small crab that lives in oyster shells. They are about the size of a pea. It is also commonly called the oyster crab.