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rhinoceros crab

Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii

Classification

Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii, also called the rhinoceros crab, is a species of king crab, the only species in the genus Rhinolithodes. The species is named after Ilya Gavrilovich Voznesenski. It is found at depths of 6–73 metres (20–240 ft) in the north-east Pacific Ocean from Kodiak, Alaska to Crescent City, California.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 33United States of America · 28