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Pugettia producta ,Northern Kelp Crab, Pillar Point 2014

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lexID:: 4959
AphiaID:: 240780

Scientific:: Pugettia producta
German:: Kelp-Krabbe
English:: Northern Kelp Crab

Category:: Crabes
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Epialtidae (Family) > Pugettia (Genus) > producta (Species)
Initial determination:: (Randall, ), 1840

Occurrence:: Alaska, Canada, golfe de Californie, Mexique (Nord-est du Pacifique), Ocean Pacifique, Pacifique Ouest, USA
Sea depth:: 0 - 75 Meter
Size:: 8 cm - 10 cm
Temperature:: 8°C - 20°C
Food:: Detritus, Carrion
Tank:: ~ 250 Liter
Difficulty:: moyen
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pugettia dalli
Pugettia elongata
Pugettia foliatus
Pugettia gracilis
Pugettia hubbsi
Pugettia incisa
Pugettia intermedia
Pugettia kagoshimensis
Pugettia leytensis
Pugettia marissinica
Pugettia mindanaoensis
Pugettia minor
Pugettia nipponensis
Pugettia pellucens
Pugettia producta
Kelp-Krabbe
Pugettia quadridens
Pugettia richii
Pugettia similis
Pugettia tasmanensis
Pugettia venetiae

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-01-07 20:40:29
Last edit:: 2017-01-06 21:32:33

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Pugettia producta (Randall, 1840)

This majid crab can grow fairly large. Its rostrum consists of two flattened processes. The carapace is longer than wide.
It has a sharp lateral projection at or behind the middle. The dorsal carapace surface is almost smooth. Colour is greenish brown to maroon dorsally, reddish or yellowish ventrally. Young crabs are brown, red, or olive green in colour.

Synonym:
Epialtus productus

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBrachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Majoidea (Superfamily) > Epialtidae (Family) > Epialtinae (Subfamily) > Pugettia (Genus) > Pugettia producta (Species)

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