Flotsam Content / Flotsam Content for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis en On Ocean Plastic Instead of Turtle Shells, Crabs Abandon Monogamy /news/ocean-plastic-instead-turtle-shells-crabs-abandon-monogamy <p>The oceanic crab <em>Planes minutus</em> lives far from land. The crabs find a refuge between the upper shell and tail of loggerhead sea turtles, where they are nearly always found as a monogamous pair, one male and one female. But floating plastic trash in the ocean provides many new places for these crabs to live — and more space opens up many different ways for crabs to live and find partners.</p> September 28, 2016 - 9:17am Andy Fell /news/ocean-plastic-instead-turtle-shells-crabs-abandon-monogamy