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Dungeness crab

LC control no.sh 85039979
LC classificationQL444.M33 Zoology
Topical headingDungeness crab
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Variant(s)Cancer magister
Edible crab, Pacific
Market crab
Pacific edible crab
See alsoCancer (Crustacea)
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Found inBarnes invert. zool.: p. 605 ("Cancer magister, the dungeness or market crab, is the most important species off the coast of California.")
Data series. Crab and shrimp section: sheet CS-4 (Cancer magister: Dungeness crab (area used: Or., Wash., Alaska & Calif.); Market crab was former common name in Calif.; Pacific edible crab (area used: Canada))
ITIS, 20 Dec. 2010 (Cancer magister; Dungeness crab; Cancer; Crustaceae; valid, verified)