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Coarsehand Lady Crab

Ovalipes stephensoni

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 9, February 11, March 10, April 16, May 16, June 10, July 8, August 7, September 9, October 9, November 7, December 8.
United States315
North Carolina119
Virginia76
South Carolina26
Georgia18
New Jersey5
Maryland3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyGeryonidae
GenusOvalipes

Sources

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