Scientific name: Cancer productus
Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Brachyura → Section Eubrachyura → Subsection Heterotremata → Superfamily Cancroidea → Family Cancridae → Genus Cancer
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine Life → Invertebrates → Crabs
Red rock crabs have black tipped claws and relatively short antennae, and 5 shell teeth projecting forward between the eyes.
Their undersides and walking leg tips glow under blue light.
Juveniles are varied in color.
