California Market Crab and Its Close Relatives |
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00932 SCRIPPS INSTITUTION 1/2 inch male 2A and 2B Attains a width Baja California Black-tipped pincers bottom views CALIFORNIA MARKET CRAB CALIFORNIA The Resources Cancer antennarius Cancer anthonyi Cancer gracilis Cancer magister Cancer productus CANCROID CRABS carapace claws CLOSE RELATIVES SIO comb-like fringe crab as shown CRAB Cancer crab herein described crab seldom crabs described Department of Fish Distinguishing Characters family and genus female crab Figures 2A Fish and Game flap is pointed Flr SH MARINE hard shell last pair last segment last three joints Magdalena Bay male and female male crab MARINE RESOURCES LEAFLET Marine Resources Region molt northern California OCEANOGRAPHY LIBRARY UNIVERSITY red crab red spots RELATIVES SIO Flr Resources Agency Department rock crab SAN DIEGO saw-toothed SH MARINE RESOURCES SIO Flr SH slender crab species specimens spots found tail flap Top and bottom Underparts underside walking legs wash anteriorly White-tipped pincers yellow crab yellowish white