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also tends not to decorate itself and tends not to have hairy legs. It can vary in coloration from yellow to brown with the juvenile crabs tending to be darker than adults.
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Profiles: Life Histories and Environmental Requirements of Coastal Fishes and Invertebrates (Pacific Southwest)".
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is oval, fairly broad, and widest at the 9th of 10 forward-curving anterolateral teeth. Like other
California Cancridae crabs,
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Robert H. Morris; Robert Hugh Morris; Donald Putnam Abbott; Eugene
Clinton Haderlie (1980). "The true crabs".
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Male yellow rock crabs can reach 165 mm carapace width, while females reach 148 mm. The
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south. The
California rock crab fishery is made up of three species - the yellow rock crab (
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is an ecologically important species. It is prey for many fish including the
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is harvested by sport and commercial fishermen in
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is also caught throughout
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is one of only two species that regularly reach the
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442:for crabs in Southern California – the other being
428:by its lack of red spotting on its underside.
375:, although it is uncommon further north than
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1104:Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean
706:Sam Hinton (1987). "Phylum Arthropoda".
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529:. Before molting, females release a
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818:Parker, David O. (December 2001).
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790:The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals
739:U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Biol. Rep
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495:eating anything that the large
795:Johns Hopkins University Press
714:University of California Press
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1114:Taxa named by Mary J. Rathbun
1109:Crustaceans described in 1897
632:Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
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597:), and the red rock crab (
568:, a naturalist working in
422:can be distinguished from
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591:), the brown rock crab (
556:in 1897, under the name
483:, a threatened species.
418:has black-tipped claws.
639:: 1–286. Archived from
537:behavior in the males.
475:and other rock fishes.
566:Alfred Webster Anthony
460:Ecology and life cycle
965:Paleobiology Database
850:Metacarcinus anthonyi
581:Metacarcinus anthonyi
546:Metacarcinus anthonyi
515:Metacarcinus anthonyi
465:Metacarcinus anthonyi
436:Metacarcinus anthonyi
357:Metacarcinus anthonyi
325:Metacarcinus anthonyi
295:Metacarcinus anthonyi
269:Metacarcinus anthonyi
132:Metacarcinus anthonyi
116:Metacarcinus anthonyi
25:Metacarcinus anthonyi
16:Species of crustacean
766:. pp. 112–114.
716:. pp. 131–161.
680:. pp. 594–630.
499:can crush including
440:minimum landing size
425:Romaleon antennarium
521:after 10–12 molts.
373:Northern California
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952:Open Tree of Life
842:Taxon identifiers
804:978-0-8018-9304-9
773:978-1-879906-57-0
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687:978-0-8047-1045-9
479:is also prey for
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445:Cancer productus
390:Some fossils of
330:yellow rock crab
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589:C. anthonyi
501:echinoderms
485:M. anthonyi
477:M. anthonyi
430:M. anthonyi
420:M. anthonyi
416:M. anthonyi
406:Description
400:Pleistocene
392:M. anthonyi
334:yellow crab
207:Pleocyemata
1099:Cancroidea
1093:Categories
1023:Q109653889
607:References
487:is both a
481:sea otters
203:Suborder:
177:Arthropoda
585:Morro Bay
570:San Diego
535:courtship
531:pheromone
489:scavenger
450:fisheries
381:juveniles
377:San Pedro
367:north to
245:Species:
227:Cancridae
217:Brachyura
163:Kingdom:
157:Eukaryota
1017:Wikidata
931:11706814
865:Q6822385
859:Wikidata
541:Taxonomy
517:reaches
493:predator
412:carapace
396:Pliocene
303:Synonyms
223:Family:
197:Decapoda
173:Phylum:
167:Animalia
153:Domain:
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957:2980463
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576:Fishery
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277:Rathbun
233:Genus:
193:Order:
183:Class:
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523:Mating
505:snails
491:and a
328:, the
297:range
112:Exuvia
1076:26785
1063:98680
991:WoRMS
926:IRMNG
892:428WY
627:(PDF)
509:clams
497:claws
134:male
1058:ITIS
1045:GBIF
1037:QK7H
939:OBIS
900:GBIF
874:BOLD
827:2013
799:ISBN
768:ISBN
718:ISBN
682:ISBN
548:was
507:and
398:and
338:crab
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