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Cancer productus
Cancer productus
Red Crab
Photographer: Ron Wolf

ID: 0000 0000 0309 0676 (2009-03-11)

Copyright © 2009 Ron Wolf

 
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  • date of photo  Feb 7, 2009
  • location   Pigeon Point. Near Pescadero (San Mateo County, California, US)
  • family Cancridae
  • order Decapoda
  • class Malacostraca
  • habitat  Intertidal zone
  • notes   Juvenile Red Crabs like this one exhibit a wide range of colors and patterns on the carapace including this striped variation. They become a uniform red color after several molts.
  • camera   Canon 40D, 180mm macro, f/13, 1/10 sec.
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Red Crab (photographer)
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