Cancer irroratus (Atlantic rock crab) on rocky shore (Bar Harbor, Maine, USA) 1

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Description: English: Cancer irroratus Say, 1817 - Atlantic rock crab exoskeleton in Maine, USA The crustaceans are a large group of arthropods that inhabit marine, marginal marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. The crustaceans include crabs, lobsters, shrimp, crayfish, barnacles, ostracods, and other organisms. The oldest fossil crustaceans are in the Cambrian. The group experienced a significant radiation in the oceans during the Mesozoic Marine Revolution. The Atlantic rock crab is native to most of the western North Atlantic Ocean, plus the Iceland area. Classification: Animalia, Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Brachyura, Cancridae Locality: gravel/bedrock shoreline along Bar Harbor Shore Path, northeastern Mt. Desert Island, coastal Maine, USA (~vicinity of 44° 23’ 22.24" North latitude, 68° 12' 01.42" West longitude) See info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_irroratus. Date: 12 September 2006, 09:56:53. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/50782610253/. Author: James St. John.