Summary ⁵

Hepatus epheliticus, known by various names, including the calico crab (not to be confused with Ovalipes ocellatus) and Dolly Varden crab, is a species of crab. It lives in shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Chesapeake Bay to the Dominican Republic. It has a 3 in–wide carapace adorned with large red spots with darker outlines.

Distribution ⁶

Chesapeake Bay to western Bay of Campeche, Mexico; Cuba; Jamaica; Dominican Republic

Link to Access Genomic Data ⁷

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=6799&lvl=0

Sources and Credits

1. (c) matbio, all rights reserved
2. (c) Katie Ahlfeld, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=iz&irn=64251
3. (c) Katie Ahlfeld, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=iz&irn=64250
4. (c) Bernadette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bernadette
5. Adapted by matbio from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatus_epheliticus
6. Adapted by matbio from a work by (c) WoRMS for SMEBD, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/28471257
7. (c) Emily Rose Sharkey, all rights reserved

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