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From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Telmessus cheiragonus |
| Class | Malacostraca + |
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| Common name is | Helmet crab + |
| Documentation requested | false + |
| Family | Cheiragonidae + |
| Genus | Telmessus + |
| Order | Decapoda + |
| Phylum | Arthropoda + |
| Scientific name is | Telmessus cheiragonus + |
| SpecificEpithet | cheiragonus + |
| Summary | The helmet crab is immediately recognizabl … The helmet crab is immediately recognizable by its hairy orange to yellow carapace and legs. The carapace is roughly pentangular in outline. This species superficially resembles some of the spider crabs (superfamily Majoidea) but none of these are hairy in our region. In the northern Gulf of Alaska there is a close relative, the Korean hair crab (''Erimacrus isenbeckii'') that is similar in appearance but much larger and has a carapace longer than wide.arger and has a carapace longer than wide. + |
| TaxonRank | species + |
| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Telmessus cheiragonus + , Telmessus cheiragonus + , Telmessus cheiragonus + , Telmessus cheiragonus + , Telmessus cheiragonus + , Telmessus cheiragonus + , Telmessus cheiragonus + |
| Categories | Marine Invertebrate + , Species + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 11 March 2013 22:41:24 + |
| Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Telmessus cheiragonus + , Telmessus cheiragonus + |
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| File:Telmessus cheirogonus dipac 07-12-08 01.jpg + | FileTags |
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