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pl23_fish4601.jpg

A shore crab (Cancer antennarius) in a defensive posture

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Description

A shore crab (Cancer antennarius) in a defensive posture.The rock is road gravel and the mussel shells have colored clay used in a crabfeeding experiment.

Photographer

Dr. Dwayne Meadows

Location

Washington, San Juan Islands

Collection

Fisheries

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA

NMFS

OPR

Keywords

Fisheries Habitat

Rocky Coast