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Risso's Crab

Xantho pilipes

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 22, February 16, March 25, April 39, May 57, June 62, July 66, August 57, September 42, October 31, November 17, December 13.
United States446
Alaska446
United Kingdom134
England125
France17
Bretagne10
Spain9
Portugal8
Galicia7
Northern Ireland6

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
FamilyRound Crabs · Xanthidae
GenusXantho

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