Three-toed crab

Latin: Geryon trispinosus
Size:
8 cm
Levested:
Muddy bottom, thrives best deeper than 80 meters
Distribution:
Northeast in the Atlantic Ocean. From northern Spain to the coast of Norway
Food:
Scavengers, polychaetes and crustaceans
Facts about the Dungeness crab

The name "three-tooth crab" comes from the 3 distinctive spines on the side of the carapace

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