← Back

Pacific rock crab

Romaleon antennarium

Classification

Family
Cancridae

Romaleon antennarium (formerly Cancer antennarius), commonly known as the Pacific, brown or California rock crab, is a crab of the genus Romaleon found on the western coast of North America. Description Romaleon antennarium has a fan-shaped carapace with eleven teeth to either side of the eyestalks, the widest point falling at the eighth or ninth tooth. The chelipeds are quite stout with the black tips bent downward.

Distribution

no rights reserved, uploaded by Al Kordesch · CC0
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3,658Canada · 83Mexico · 8