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Jonah crab

Cancer borealis

Classification

Family
Cancridae

The Jonah crab (Cancer borealis) is a marine brachyuran crab that inhabits waters along the east coast of North America from Newfoundland to Florida. Jonah crabs possess a rounded, rough-edged carapace with small light spots, and robust claws with dark brown-black tips. The maximum reported carapace width for males is 8.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1,004Canada · 575