Chionoecetes tanneri
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Grooved Tanner crab (Chionoecetes tanneri): One of the 'grooved tanner crabs' like the closely related Triangle Tanner crab (Chionoecetes angulatus), this species is also found in deep water most often below 100 meters. The grooved tanner crab can be distinguished from C. angulatus by having a narrow groove on the center posterior portion of the carapace and having two large spines at the posero-lateral margin of the carapace/
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Weblinks
- WoRMS Page for Chionoecetes tanneri
- Search Arctos Database for Chionoecetes tanneri (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Chionoecetes tanneri (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Chionoecetes tanneri
- iNaturalist Observations for Chionoecetes tanneri in Southeast Alaska
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