Cancer plebejus

Cancer plebejus is a species of crab in the genus Cancer. Its common name is the Chilean crab.[1]

Cancer plebejus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Cancridae
Genus: Cancer
Species:
C. plebejus
Binomial name
Cancer plebejus
Poeppig, 1836

Distribution

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Chile and Peru.[2]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  2. "Cancer plebejus, Chilean crab". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-24.


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