Scientific name:
Cancer magister
Distinctive features:
Smooth tan-colored carapace, or outer skeleton. Widest point of carapace is at last (10th) tooth.
Size:
max. 10 in. carapace width
10 small, pointy “teeth” on either side of carapace. Claws are yellow, white-tipped and serrated. Similar sp. Slender Cancer Crab has a white margin on its carapace and purple legs.