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Updated 6/13/2021

Family Cancridae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Metacarcinus anthonyi

Rainbow Harbor, Long Beach, CA, 5 feet

YELLOW CRAB

Common in sandy and muddy areas to 150 feet.  Attains carapace width of 7 inches.  Commercially important.  Northern California to outer Baja California.  Formerly known as Cancer anthonyi.