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Scaly Rock Crab

Plagusia squamosa

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 14, February 12, March 14, April 9, May 9, June 7, July 17, August 7, September 8, October 9, November 10, December 14.
Hawaii184
United States118
Australia26
Taiwan18
Queensland16
China16
Taiwan Province13
Western Australia6
New South Wales4
Yilan County4

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
FamilyRafting Crabs · Plagusiidae
GenusPlagusia

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