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Romaleon antennarium (Pacific Rock Crab)
Scientific name: Romaleon antennarium

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 Romaleon

Common name: Pacific Rock Crab
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesCrabs

Note the long antennae which give this crab its name. The red rock crab also has black-tipped claws, but isn't as hairy, and has green eyes instead of red ones. Juveniles are very hairy.

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Romaleon antennarium (Pacific Rock Crab)
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