Circular crab

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iCircular crab
Atelecycles rotundatus
Atelecycles rotundatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Cancroidea
Family: Atelecyclidae
Genus: Atelecyclus
Species: A. rotundatus
Binomial name
Atelecyclus rotundatus
Olivi, 1792

The circular crab, round crab or old man's face crab (Atelecyclus rotundatus) is a medium-sized crab found on the west coast of Europe and Africa as well as almost all the Mediterranean Sea and on the Cape Verde and Canary islands. It measures about 40 mm across its almost circular carapace and lives on coarse soft bottoms at shallow depths.


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