Pacific lyre crab

Hyas lyratus

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Oregoniidae

Hyas is a genus of oregoniid crabs comprising five extant species: Hyas alutaceus Brandt, 1851 Hyas araneus (Linnaeus, 1758) Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815 Hyas lyratus Dana, 1851 Hyas ursinus Rathbun, 1924 References

Distribution

Pacific lyre crab — (c) Erin McKittrick, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 33Canada · 8

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Erin McKittrick, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionHyas (crab), Wikipedia contributors

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