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Red Rock Crab

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 694, February 608, March 693, April 918, May 1,155, June 883, July 719, August 694, September 710, October 640, November 562, December 643.
United States14,798
Washington6,297
Canada6,055
British Columbia6,055
California1,692
Oregon635
Alaska342
Massachusetts4
Nova Scotia1

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
FamilyRock Crabs · Cancridae
GenusEdible Crabs · Cancer

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