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Edible Crabs
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Edible Crabs

Cancer

Cancer is a genus of marine crabs in the family Cancridae. It includes eight extant species and three extinct species, including familiar crabs of the littoral zone, such as the European edible crab (Cancer pagurus), the Jonah crab (Cancer borealis) and the red rock crab (Cancer productus). It is thought to have evolved from related genera in the Pacific Ocean in the Miocene.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Red Rock Crab

speciesCancer productus

Atlantic Rock Crab

speciesCancer irroratus

Edible Crab

speciesCancer pagurus

Jonah Crab

speciesCancer borealis

Chilean crab

speciesCancer plebejus

Cancer porteri

speciesCancer porteri

Toothed Rock Crab

speciesCancer bellianus

Cancer johngarthi

speciesCancer johngarthi

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Edible Crabs in Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch · 1770 · p.121

Edible Crabs in The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.105

Edible Crabs in The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.117

Edible Crabs in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.849

Edible Crabs in The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.106

Edible Crabs in The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.115

Edible Crabs in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.587

Edible Crabs in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.587

Edible Crabs in Books on Marine Fishes

Books on Marine Fishes

Guillaume Rondelet · 1554 · p.586

Edible Crabs in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.484

Edible Crabs in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.483

Edible Crabs in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.575

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