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Thickclaw porcelain crab

Pachycheles rudis

Photo by Brian38
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This porcelain crab is a little more rare. It is known to shed a claw in the cause of freedom.

Habitat:

Spotted in a tide pool at Tongue Point. Range from North Mexico to Alaska. An Intertidal zone species.

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