Hepatus epheliticus

 
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CLASS - Malacostraca
ORDER - Decapoda
FAMILY - Calappidae
GENUS/SPECIES - Hepatus epheliticus

ROCK UNIT - none

AGE - Recent

LOCALITY - offshore of Marathon Key, Florida, USA


The striking colors pattern of the Dolly Varden Crab make it easily identifiable. Compare the modern crab to a similar fossil crab, Zanthopsis.

PRI 40041E

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