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Longnose Spider Crab

Libinia dubia

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 87, February 83, March 94, April 179, May 110, June 53, July 48, August 49, September 59, October 63, November 82, December 79.
United States1,752
Texas986
Virginia103
Massachusetts58
North Carolina49
South Carolina45
New Jersey37
Maryland26
New York23
Georgia18

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyKelp Crabs · Epialtidae
GenusLibinia

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