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Chaceon quinquedens, commonly known as the red deep-sea crab, [2] but sold as Atlantic deep sea red crab, or simply Atlantic red crab or red crab, is a crab that lives in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States and Canada, from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, [3] [4] and in the Gulf of Mexico.
Atergatis subdentatus, also known as the red reef crab, [2] dark-finger coral crab [2] or eyed coral crab, [3] is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae. [ 1 ] Description
Red crab may refer to: Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) Christmas Island red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) Chaceon quinquedens, also known as the "deep-sea red crab" Gecarcinus ruricola, also known as the "red land crab" Pleuroncodes planipes, a squat lobster also known as the "pelagic red crab"
Pelagic red crab (Grimothea planipes)Grimothea planipes usually feeds on protists and zooplankton, but will feed by filtering blooms of diatoms. [7]As the most abundant species of micronekton in the California Current, Grimothea planipes fills an important ecological niche converting primary production into energy that larger organisms can use. [8]
During their larval stage, millions of red crab larvae are eaten by fish and large filter-feeders such as manta rays and whale sharks which visit Christmas Island during the red crab breeding season. Coconut crabs (alternatively known as robber crabs) have also been filmed on Christmas Island preying on red crabs. [14]
More than 1,300 described species of freshwater crabs are known, out of a total of 6,700 species of crabs across all environments. [1] The total number of species of freshwater crabs, including undescribed species, is thought to be up to 65% higher, potentially up to 2,155 species, although most of the additional species are currently unknown to science. [1]
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