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Angular Crab

Goneplax rhomboides

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 123, February 91, March 143, April 225, May 324, June 353, July 378, August 325, September 239, October 178, November 97, December 76.
United States2,553
Alaska2,553
Netherlands19
Fryslân18
United Kingdom8
Italy8
England6
Nord-Est5
Ireland4
Munster4

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
FamilyGoneplacidae
GenusGoneplax

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