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Red King Crab

Paralithodes camtschaticus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 132, February 97, March 152, April 239, May 345, June 376, July 403, August 346, September 254, October 190, November 104, December 81.
United States2,720
Alaska117
Canada84
British Columbia84
Russia19
Norway11
Troms og Finnmark11
Murmansk Oblast11
Primorsky Krai4
Sakhalin Oblast2

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyKing Crabs · Lithodidae
GenusParalithodes

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