Cancer setosus

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name = "Cancer setosus"


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image_caption = "Cancer setosus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
superclassis = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
subclassis = Eumalacostraca
superordo = Eucarida
ordo = Decapoda
familia = Cancridae
genus = Cancer
species = "C. setosus"
binomial = "Cancer setosus"
binomial_authority = Fabricius, 1798
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"Cancer setosus" or Hairy Crab (Spanish: "Jaiba peluda") is a species of edible crab endemic to the coasts of Chile, Ecuador and Peru. "C. setosus" is a benthic predator that lives in the subtidal and intertidal zones in temperate waters from sea levels down to depths of 45 m. Its diet consists of clams, picorocos and other crabs. Its geographic distribution ranges from Ecuador 0° N/S to Taitao Peninsula at 47° S.

Taxonomic note

"Cancer setosus" Fabricius, 1798 is currently "Pseudograpsus setosus" (Fabricius, 1798). Junior synonyms include "Grapsuspenicilliger" Latreille, 1817, and "Pseudograpsus barbatus" H. Milne Edwards, 1853.

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* "Marine invertebrates of southern Chile"