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Montagu's Crab

Xantho hydrophilus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in United Kingdom.January 30, February 81, March 65, April 53, May 58, June 61, July 37, August 109, September 61, October 89, November 28, December 29.
United Kingdom701
England687
United States552
Alaska552
Spain158
Galicia102
Portugal70
France64
Bretagne51
LISBOA38

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyRound Crabs · Xanthidae
GenusXantho

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