| Pugettia productus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epialtidae |
| Genus: | Pugettia |
| Species: | P. productus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pugettia productus (J. W. Randall, 1840) |
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Pugettia productus, known as the northern kelp crab or shield-backed kelp crab,[1] is a species of crab in the family Epialtidae.[2]
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Found along the Pacific Coast from southern Alaska to northern Mexico.[3]
Dark brown coloured with carapace shaped like a police officer's badge or shield. As the name suggests, it feeds on kelp. Size to 9 cm (3.5 in) across the carapace.