Cancer magister

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Cancer magister is the scientific name for the Dungeness crab, a commercially important edible crab species found along the Pacific coast of North America.

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Cancer magister canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crab ⓘ
species ⓘ
class Malacostraca ⓘ
commonName Dungeness crab ⓘ
describedAs commercially important edible crab ⓘ
development larval stages in plankton ⓘ
distribution eastern North Pacific ⓘ
from Alaska to California ⓘ
economicUse commercial fishery species ⓘ
seafood ⓘ
family Cancridae ⓘ
fisheryType pot fishery ⓘ
trap fishery ⓘ
foundAlong Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
foundIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
foundInCountry Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
habitat marine coastal waters ⓘ
muddy bottoms ⓘ
sandy bottoms ⓘ
hasBodyShape broad oval carapace ⓘ
hasExoskeleton chitin ⓘ
hasLimbs five pairs of legs ⓘ
one pair of claws ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
molting periodic shedding of exoskeleton ⓘ
namedAfter Dungeness, Washington ⓘ
order Decapoda ⓘ
parentTaxon Cancer ⓘ
phylum Arthropoda ⓘ
preysOn bivalves ⓘ
detritus ⓘ
small crustaceans ⓘ
worms ⓘ
regulation seasonal closures in many jurisdictions ⓘ
size limits in many jurisdictions ⓘ
reproduction sexual reproduction ⓘ
sexualDimorphism males larger than females ⓘ
subphylum Crustacea ⓘ
superfamily Cancroidea ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
trophicLevel omnivore ⓘ
usedAs human food ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dungeness crab → taxonName → Cancer magister ⓘ