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Classification of a crab

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It depends from the species.

# Species Eucratodes agassizii (dirtytooth mud crab). # Species Eurypanopeus abbreviatus (lobate mud crab). # Species Eurypanopeus depressus (flatback mud crab). # Species Eurypanopeus dissimilis (asymmetric mud crab). # Species Eurypanopeus turgidus (ridgeback mud crab). # Species Eurytium limosum (broadback mud crab). # Species Garthiope barbadensis (prickly mud crab). # Species Glyptoxanthus erosus (eroded mud crab). # Species Hemigrapsus oregonensis (mud-flat crab). # Species Heteractaea ceratopus (horned mud crab. # Species Heteractaea lunata (fuzzy mud crab). # Species Hexapanopeus paulensis (knobbed mud crab). # Species Micropanope lobifrons (lobefront mud crab). # Species Micropanope nuttingi (beaded mud crab). # Species Micropanope pusilla (puffy mud crab). # Species Micropanope urinator (thorny mud crab). # Species Panopeus americanus (narrowback mud crab). # Species Panopeus hartii (areolate mud crab). # Species Panopeus herbstii (black-fingered mud crab, black-clawed mud crab, Atlantic mud crab, common mud crab). # Species Panopeus lacustris (knotfinger mud crab). # Species Panopeus occidentalis (furrowed mud crab). # Species Panopeus rugosus (granulose mud crab). # Species Panopeus simpsoni (oystershell mud crab). # Species Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Harris mud crab). # Species Scylla serrata (giant mud crab). # Species Tetraxanthus bidentatus (vornered mud crab). # Species Tetraxanthus rathbunae (inflated mud crab).

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The Classification of a crab is a crustacean

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Claws, pinchers, anntenae (2 pairs), shell, abdomen.

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The crayfish are in Class Crustacea.

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Class: Malacostraca... Phylum: Crustacea.

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