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From Natural History of Southeast Alaska

Chionoecetes angulatus

Class	Malacostraca +
Common name is	Triangle Tanner crab  +
Documentation requested	false  +
Family	Oregoniidae +
Genus	Chionoecetes +
Order	Decapoda +
Phylum	Arthropoda +
Scientific name is	Chionoecetes angulatus  +
SpecificEpithet	angulatus  +
Summary	The triangle Tanner crab is the deepest li … The triangle Tanner crab is the deepest living of our Tanners, always below 100 meters and most often deeper than 400 meters. This species and the closely related [[Chionoecetes tanneri|Grooved Tanner crab (''Chionoecetes tanneri'')]] are distinct in having sharp spines on the antero-lateral margin on the carapace and a distinct groove in the center of the carapace toward the back. This species can be distinguished from [[Chionoecetes tanneri|Grooved Tanner crab (''Chionoecetes tanneri'')]] due to a wide groove on the back center of the carapace and a single large spine on the back lateral margin of the carapace.n the back lateral margin of the carapace.  +
TaxonRank	species  +
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Categories	Marine Invertebrate  + , Species  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.	11 March 2013 20:49:52  +
Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.	Chionoecetes angulatus +

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