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Squareback Marsh Crab

Armases cinereum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Carolina.January 79, February 87, March 81, April 110, May 95, June 188, July 112, August 88, September 79, October 69, November 55, December 70.
United States2,867
South Carolina1,535
Georgia695
North Carolina465
Virginia360
Mississippi208
Alabama86
Maryland75
Louisiana41
Texas33

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
FamilySesarmid Marsh Crabs · Sesarmidae
GenusSquare-back American marsh crabs · Armases

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