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Crab - crustacean with an enlarged cephalothorax covered by a broad, flat shell called the carapace. Extending from the cephalothorax are the various appendages: five pairs of legs, the first pair bearing cl...

Puget Sound King Crab
Lopholithodes mandtii
This awesome-looking beast can be found in the subtidal zone along much of the northeast coast of the Pacific Ocean. This is one of the largest crabs on the Pacific Coast, reaching a body width of 30 cm.

Various species of small cetaceans such as Commerson's dolphins and Peale's dolphins are used as bait for the southern king crab fisheries in Argentina and Chile.

(Pagorus samuelis), Hingebeak Shrimp, Humpback Shrimp, Kelp Crab, Krill, Land Hermit Crab, Lined Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes), Mantis Shrimp, Mud Shrimp, Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta), Pacific Cleaner Shrimp, Puget Sound King Crab, ...

Bilaterally symmetrical: Like all arthropods, lobsters are bilaterally symmetrical; clawed lobsters often possess unequal, specialized claws, like the king crab.

Bristol Bay is one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the world, home to the largest wild sockeye salmon runs in the world; important nursery grounds for red king crab and Pacific halibut; ...

S know for King Crab and Halibut. There are several fish processing plants and while we were there a large container ship headed for Asia stopped by to pick up a load of processed fish.

Family Lithodidae (stone and king crabs)
Family Lomidae
Family Paguridae (right-handed hermit crabs) ...

Filmed using timelapse photography, a giant sunflower starfish devours the carcass of an octopus. But the tide turns as a pack of red sea urchins turn him into a pin cushion and he is royally disarmed by a hungry king crab.
Sea urchin barrens ...

finding clues to these early branches, researchers study the phylogenies of each arthropod group and then choose only those animals that are most likely to provide information about their ancestors. Such animals include horseshoe crabs (or king ...

species carries the developing eggs around in his mouth. All species are known to lay a small number (c. 300) of relatively large eggs (4.5-8 mm in diameter). Other species of the genus Careproctus lay their eggs in the gill cavities of king crabs.

See also: Crab, Crustacean, Spider, Horseshoe Crab, Shell