Calico Crab

Eriphia gonagra

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Eriphiidae

Hepatus epheliticus, known by various names, including the calico crab (not to be confused with Ovalipes ocellatus) and Dolly Varden crab, is a species of crab. It lives in shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Chesapeake Bay to the Dominican Republic. It has a 3-inch (76 mm)–wide carapace adorned with large red spots with darker outlines.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Calico Crab

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