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Metacarcinus magister (Decapoda: Cancridae)
Metacarcinus magister (Decapoda: Cancridae)
Credit: Kevin Cole

The Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister (formerly Cancer magister), is a species of crab that inhabits East Pacific eelgrass beds and water bottoms from Alaska's Aleutian Islands to Santa Cruz, California.