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Family Majidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Loxorhynchus crispatus

Juvenile, Long Point, Catalina, CA, 10 feet

MOSS CRAB

Inhabits a variety of habitats at any depth.  Smaller animals decorated with seaweed & invertebrates.  Attains carapace width of 5 inches.  Northern California to Outer Baja.