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Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister)
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Copyright © 2016
Hema Shah
Crab -
Metacarcinus magister
San Franscisco, San Franscisco County, California, USA
February 20, 2015
Was half buried in the sand
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Contributed by
Hema Shah
on 27 August, 2016 - 1:04am
Last updated 27 August, 2016 - 12:21pm
Moved, Metacarcinus magister
Moved from
Rock Crabs
. Thanks. Compares favorably with Tim Loh's image in the guide, so I agree with the ID but I'll check it (and familiarize myself with the west coast representatives of the family) at some point.
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Aaron Hunt
, 27 August, 2016 - 12:21pm
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. Hema, please capitalize place names. I done it here for you. I'll have to look back at this one at some point, as I don't know how to identify these on the west coast.
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Aaron Hunt
, 27 August, 2016 - 1:14am
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Will capitalize in future
This is a Dungenness crab
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Hema Shah
, 27 August, 2016 - 1:23am
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