Paralithodes camtschaticus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Lithodidae
- Genus
- Paralithodes
- Species
- Paralithodes camtschaticus
- Scientific Name
- Paralithodes camtschaticus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Red king crab
The red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus), also called Kamchatka crab or Alaskan king crab, is a species of king crab native to cold waters in the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas, but also introduced to the Barents Sea. It grows to a leg span of 1.8 m (5.9 ft), and is heavily targeted by fisheries.
...Paralithodes camtschaticus in languages:
- Bokmål
- kongekrabbe
- Chinese
- 堪察加擬石蟹
- Czech
- krab kamčatský
- Dutch
- Rode koningskrab
- Dutch
- Kamtsjatkakrab
- English
- Red King Crab
- Estonian
- Kamtšatka ebakrabi
- French
- Crabe royal du Kamtchatka
- German
- Königskrabbe
- German
- Kamtschatkakrabbe
- Japanese
- タラバガニ
- Russian
- Камчатский краб
- Swedish
- Kungskrabba
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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