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Family Majidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Loxorhynchus grandis

Long Point, Catalina, CA, 30 feet

SHEEP CRAB

Inhabits a variety of habitats at any depth.  Rostrum tip curved downward.  Smaller animals decorated with seaweed & invertebrates.  Attains carapace width of 10 inches.  Central California to Outer Baja.