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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
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.
Red crabs grow slowly, reaching sexual maturity at around 4–5 years, at which point they begin participating in the annual migration. [9] During their early growth phases, red crabs will moult several times. Mature red crabs will moult once a year, usually in the safety of their burrow. Their lifespan is about 12 years. [11]
Gecarcinus quadratus in Panama. The carapace of G. quadratus may reach a length of 5 cm (2.0 in). It has a pair of largely purple claws, red-orange legs, and an almost entirely black carapace with a pair of yellow, orange, purple or reddish spots behind the eyes, and an additional pair of whitish spots on the central-lower carapace.
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Gecarcinus ruricola is a species of terrestrial crab. It is the most terrestrial of the Caribbean land crabs, [3] and is found from western Cuba across the Antilles as far east as Barbados. Common names for G. ruricola include the purple land crab, [1] black land crab, [3] red land crab, [4] and zombie crab. [5]
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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"