Red king crab
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phylum | Arthropoda | The red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, also called Kamchatka crab, is a species of king crab native to the Bering Sea. Red king crabs can be very large, sometimes reaching a carapace width of 28 cm (11 in) and a leg span of 1.8 m (6 ft).
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subphylum | Crustacea | |
class | Malacostraca | |
order | Decapoda | |
infraorder | Anomura | |
family | Lithodidae | |
genus | Paralithodes | |
species | P. camtschaticus |