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The golden crab (Chaceon fenneri) is the most commonly encountered of the lumbering giants.
Golden crabs occur in a variety of habitats along the continental slope, but are most commonly found on rocky outcrops where they consume benthic (bottom-dwelling) organisms such as worms and mollusks.
Color: A cream to light brown species often speckled with darker pigments, unlike the red deep-sea crab Chaceon quinquedens, which is red to deep orange in life
Florida :carapace length up to at least 150 mm in adults, speaking loosely the diameter of a dinner plate.
The golden crab intensively pursued by man for his food.
Etymology: The species was dedicated after Fenner A. Chace, Jr. who s the first to discover the crab in the western Atlantic.
Synonym: Geryon fenneri Manning & Holthuis, 1984
Golden crabs occur in a variety of habitats along the continental slope, but are most commonly found on rocky outcrops where they consume benthic (bottom-dwelling) organisms such as worms and mollusks.
Color: A cream to light brown species often speckled with darker pigments, unlike the red deep-sea crab Chaceon quinquedens, which is red to deep orange in life
Florida :carapace length up to at least 150 mm in adults, speaking loosely the diameter of a dinner plate.
The golden crab intensively pursued by man for his food.
Etymology: The species was dedicated after Fenner A. Chace, Jr. who s the first to discover the crab in the western Atlantic.
Synonym: Geryon fenneri Manning & Holthuis, 1984
