Puget Sound king crab
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| Species: | L. mandtii
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| Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt, 1849
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The Puget Sound King crab, Lopholithodes mandtii, is a species of king crab which lives in the oceans off the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to central California. Adults are orange, red and purple in color. They are larger than the similar brown box crab, with an average size of 6-10 inches. It can be identified by the blunt bumps on its Carapace. The Puget Sound king crab lives mainly along the coast of Washington and Oregon, and is protected by the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife.
Sources
- Dave Cowles (2004). "Lopholithodes mandtii (Brandt, 1849)". Key to invertebrates found at or near the Walla Walla University Marine Station (Rosario) Fidalgo Island, Anacortes, WA. Walla Walla University.
- Crab Species Index. Emerald Diving, www.emeralddiving.com/id_crabs.html. Accessed 1 Feb. 2017.
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