Conical crab

Xenocarcinus depressus

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Epialtidae

Cancer johngarthi is a species of crab that lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Panama. It was separated from C. porteri in 1989, and is the subject of a small-scale fishery off Baja California.

Distribution

Conical crab — (c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionCancer johngarthi, Wikipedia contributors

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