We are awaiting positive identification on this one as we do not see these often while diving at Race Rocks. This photo was by Pearson College Divers in the spring of 2007,
spring, 2007
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malocostrac
Subclass Eumalacostraca
Superorder Eucarida
Order Decapoda
Suborder Pleocyematya
Infraorder Anomura
Superfamily Paguroidea
Family Lithodidae
Genus Placetron
Species wosnessenskii
Schalfeew,1892
Common Name: Scaled Crab
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 The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.
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