Tags: Crustacean.

Cancer irroratus (common name the Atlantic rock crab or peekytoe crab) is a crab in the genus Cancer. It is found from Labrador to South Carolina at depths up to 2600 ft (790 m) and reaches 133 mm (5.2 in) across the carapace.

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binomial authority
Thomas Say
class
Malacostraca
family
Cancridae
genus
Cancer (genus)
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Crab
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean

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