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Was maybe 1-2 inches wide, found washed up in avalon harbor after a storm

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the shell sure does look like a rock crab, common along the entire CA coast. Yellow rock crabs are the most common around Catalina Island. Since they can grow up to 3 inch shells and your find is smaller, perhaps this is a juvenile. https://greennature.com/california/

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PublishedAugust 12, 2013

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