Humboldt Life

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Metacarcinus anthonyi (Yellow rock crab)

Metacarcinus anthonyi

Metacarcinus anthonyi. Photo: (c) Lorri Gong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Metacarcinus anthonyi, the yellow rock crab or yellow crab, is a species of edible crab native to the Pacific coast of North America.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
      - Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
        Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
        Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
        Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
        Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
        Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
        Infraorder: Brachyura (True crabs)
        Zoosection: Eubrachyura (Eubrachyuran crabs)
        Zoosubsection: Heterotremata (Heterotrematan crabs)
        Superfamily: Cancroidea (Rock and horse crabs)
        Family: Cancridae (Rock crabs)
        Genus: Metacarcinus
        Species: Metacarcinus anthonyi (Yellow rock crab)

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