Red King Crab
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Family | Lithodidae |
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Kingdom | Animalia |
Scientific name | Paralithodes camtschaticus |
Class | Malacostraca |
Order | Decapods |
Length | 1. 5 – 1. 8 m (Leg Span) |
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ID | 2411108 |
About Red King Crab
The red king crab, also called Kamchatka crab or Alaskan king crab, is a species of king crab native to the far northern Pacific Ocean, including the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, but also introduced to the Barents Sea. It grows to a leg span of 1. 8 m, and is heavily targeted by fisheries.