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Macroregonia
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Macroregonia

Macroregonia is a genus of large crabs, It is found from the coast around Pacific Ocean with depths of 1,530–2,400 m (5,020–7,870 ft) or 900–3,000 m (3,000–9,800 ft). They reach a legspan of up to 800 mm (31 in), and they are a major predator of hydrothermal vents; with a colour in juveniles are bright red and orange in adults....

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 459483.