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Edible Crab

Cancer pagurus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,545, February 1,879, March 2,945, April 4,633, May 6,679, June 7,283, July 7,794, August 6,703, September 4,921, October 3,673, November 2,007, December 1,569.
United States52,630
Alaska52,629
United Kingdom1,127
England771
Netherlands294
Germany166
Scotland154
Schleswig-Holstein119
Wales107
Noord-Holland97

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
GenusEdible Crabs · Cancer

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