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Paralithodes californiensis, also known as the spiny king crab and the California king crab, is a species of king crab [1] [2] [3] It is closely related to P. rathbuni with the same common names being used for the two and some authorities suggest that they might be conspecific. [4]
Paralithodes rathbuni, the spiny king crab or California king crab, [2] [3] is a species of king crab. [1] It is closely related to P. californiensis , with the same common name California king crab being used for the two and some authorities suggest that they might be conspecific . [ 3 ]
Parapinnixa affinis, the California Bay pea crab, is a species of pinnotherid crab endemic to Southern California. [1] It is a small crab that lives commensally in the tube of a tube-dwelling worm. It was one of the first marine crustaceans to be included on the IUCN Red List in 1996.
The phylogeny of king crabs as hermit crabs who underwent secondary calcification and left their shell has been suspected since the late 1800s. [4] They are believed to have originated during the Early Miocene in shallow North Pacific waters, where most king crab genera – including all Hapalogastrinae – are distributed and where they exhibit a high amount of morphological diversity.
The Puget Sound king crab (Echidnocerus cibarius), is a species of king crab which inhabits the oceans of the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to central California. Adults are orange, red and purple in color, while juveniles are either mostly orange or have small blotches of red and purple.
How to identify crab species. Molt Search is a volunteer-based early detection program led by Washington Sea Grant and Washington State University. The program trains interested beachgoers to ...
The California rock crab fishery is made up of three species - the yellow rock crab (C. anthonyi), the brown rock crab (R. antennarium), and the red rock crab (C. productus). Rock crab landings for 1999 were 790,000 pounds and have averaged 1.2 million pounds per year from 1991-1999.
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