By Michelle Collier, RCDD. Fiber optic cable provides a low loss medium for high-speed communications. While. the continuous fiber cable itself is low loss, terminations at each access point provide a. potential Achilles heel. The biggest cause of signal loss across fiber optic connectors is. contamination.
The blue crab's scientific name, Callinectes sapidus, is from Latin and Greek: calli, beautiful; nectes, swimmer; and sapidus, savory-beautiful, savory swimmer. Like insects, blue crabs have stalked compound eyes and can see in almost every direction at once.
In the United States, there are two main species of hermit crabs found as pets: Coenobita clypeatus (goes by a varity of names such as Caribbean crab, purple pincher crab, land hermit crab, tree crab, or soldier crab) and Coenobita compressus (Ecuadorian Crab or E-Crab).