Chaceon quinquedens
| Chaceon quinquedens | |
|---|---|
| Dorsal view of male red deep-sea crab, Chaceon quinquedens (Brad Stevens) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Geryonidae |
| Genus: | Chaceon |
| Species: | C. quinquedens |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaceon quinquedens (Smith, 1879) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Geryon quinquedens Smith, 1879 | |
Chaceon quinquedens, commonly known as the red deep-sea crab, but sold as Atlantic deep sea red crab, or simply Atlantic red crab or red crab, is a crab that lives in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States and Canada, from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, and in the Gulf of Mexico.
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