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    • Metacarcinus magister
    • Cancer magister
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    • Dungeness Crab

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Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

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velizo

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Apr 28, 2013

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Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

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invertboy

Date

Apr 1, 2013 12:23 PM PDT

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Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

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belinda

Date

Aug 17, 2007

Description

Lot's of baby dungeness crab, they all had to go back!

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Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

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myerssusan

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Jan 20, 2013 01:07 PM PST

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Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

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dreierj

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Mar 14, 1993

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Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

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dreierj

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Jul 5, 2012

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Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

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aadi

Date

Oct 20, 2012 04:30 PM PDT

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huangt3

Date

Oct 8, 2012 02:15 PM PDT

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(Somewhere...)

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seakay

Date

Jul 22, 2010

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Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

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chimeravo

Date

May 12, 2012

Description

There were quite a few shells of Dungeness crab on the beach, and sometimes claws. Is there a season that crabs lose their shell? Do they shed their shell when a larger ones grows beneath? Or do they shed their shells when they die? Or both?

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Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister

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hayled

Date

Apr 21, 2012

Description

these tiny ones scatter the beaches

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andymj

Date

May 20, 2012

Description

This dungeness crab was laying in the sand during low tide, and it was hard to tell if it was alive or dead.

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