Atlantic Rock Crab

Zoea of Cancer irroratus, Last stage before it changes to megalops condition.

Cancer irroratus, the rock-crab; male.

Rock Crab, Cancer irroratus, Say, male.

Megalops stage of Cancer irroratus, just after change from zoea stage.

USNM 1499002 - Specimen Image; Field number: SERCINVERT2313

Description: Cancer irroratus, Atlantic rock crab, 36mm. Lower Chesapeake Bay, Cape Henry, Virginia Beach County, VA - 09/05/13. Caught by Winter Blue Crab Dredge Survey. Photo by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Date: 27 August 2006, 04:25. Source: Cancer_irroratus_(0763). Author: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.

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, 09:56:59. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/50783477757/. Author: James St. John.

Description: English: I created this image myself on April 3rd 2009, using a flatbed scanner. Invertzoo (talk) 21:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC) This carapace of the rock crab Cancer irroratus was found on the beach at Long Beach, Long Island, New York State, in October 2008. The carapace is almost 8 cms in width. Invertzoo (talk) 21:39, 3 April 2009 (UTC). Date: 3 April 2009 (original upload date). Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Sreejithk2000 using CommonsHelper. Author: Invertzoo at English Wikipedia.

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.