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Dungeness Crab

Metacarcinus magister

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 1,571, February 1,460, March 2,265, April 2,650, May 4,099, June 3,569, July 2,833, August 2,525, September 2,220, October 1,760, November 1,417, December 1,435.
United States53,515
Canada4,789
British Columbia4,785
Washington3,031
California2,383
Oregon2,208
Alaska497
Connecticut1

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
GenusMetacarcinus

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