Field card
Ocean
[Red Rock Crab render]
Red Rock Crab
Cancer productus
- Lives:
- Rocky shores and bays on the Pacific coast of North America
- Size:
- Shell up to about 20 cm across
- Eats:
- Clams, barnacles, snails and anything it can scavenge
- Status:
- Not assessed (common)
Red Rock Crab facts
- Its black-tipped claws are strong enough to crack open clam and barnacle shells.
- To grow, it sheds its whole hard shell and hides while the new one hardens.
- Like most crabs, it walks sideways.
In Word Biome
The Red Rock Crab is one of the creatures in the Ocean world. Watch for it in costume as the Crowned Crab. Tap it during a fight to open this field card.
Costume: Crowned Crab
Sources
Checked against: Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Monterey Bay Aquarium.