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Cancer productus Red Rock Crab

Cancer productus is commonly referred to as Red Rock Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Non adatto agli acquari!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus), Pillar Point Tidepools 2014


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lexID:
10606 
AphiaID:
440382 
Scientific:
Cancer productus 
German:
Roter Taschenkrebs 
English:
Red Rock Crab 
Category:
Granchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Cancridae (Family) > Cancer (Genus) > productus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Randall, 1840 
Occurrence:
Alaska , California, Canada Eastern Pacific, East cost of USA, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Pacific Ocean, USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 90 Meter 
Habitats:
Gravel soil, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Muddy grounds, Rivers, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
6.3" - 7.87" (16,8cm - 20cm) 
Temperature:
46.4 °F - 12,1 °F (8°C - 12,1°C) 
Food:
Barnacles, Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Decapods, Edible crab, Predatory, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Non adatto agli acquari! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-30 13:15:26 

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Cancer productus Randall, 1840

Cancer productus, commonly known as The Red Rock Crab, is deep brick red in colour. The carapace is 16,8cm (femeales) ,20 cm (males).This crab is a predator and scavenger, preys on bivalves, polychaetes, amphipods, snails, barnacles, and smaller crabs.

The juvenile stage has a much different carapace (fine lined) than the adult Red Rock Crab.

Similar to Cancer amphioetus.

Synonymised names:
Cancer brewerii Gabb, 1869
Cancer perlatus Stimpson, 1856 (junior synonym)

External links

  1. Invertebrates of the Salish Sea (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2022.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 30.04.2024.
  3. Soundwaterstewards.org (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Adult

Cancer productus (Pillar Point) 2015
Cancer productus (HMB) 2009

Juvenile

Juvenile Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus), west side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia 2012
Cancer productus, Red Rock Crab, Immature 2015
Cancer productus-young (HMB) 2009
Cancer productus, Red Rock Crab, Juvenile. Carapace about2.5cm across. Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2014

Commonly

Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus), Pillar Point Tidepools 2014
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Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus),Spring Island, Kyuquot, British Columbia 2012
Pacific rock crab. 2018
Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus), Pillar Point Tidepools 2015

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