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Cancer pagurus
(Edible Crab)

Cancer pagurus
is also a member of:

Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 (Edible Crab)

Date:	16 March 2008
OS grid ref:	SX04
Lat/Lon:	50° 20' N, 4° 50' W
Location:	Vice County: East Cornwall, VC2, England
Stage or state:	Exuvia
Record Summary:	carapace, washed up on beach

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