rock crab

Any of various crabs found along rocky coasts, especially one of the genus Cancer, having a broad, usually oval carapace.

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rock crab - crab of eastern coast of North America

Cancer irroratus

crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

genus Cancer, Cancer - type genus of the family Cancridae

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