genus

Edible Crabs

Cancer

Field notes

Cancer is a genus of marine crabs in the family Cancridae. It includes eight extant species and three extinct species, including familiar crabs of the littoral zone, such as the European edible crab (Cancer pagurus), the Jonah crab (Cancer borealis) and the red rock crab (Cancer productus). It is thought to have evolved from related genera in the Pacific Ocean in the Miocene.

Children

Red Rock Crab presumed native
Atlantic Rock Crab native
Edible Crab
Jonah Crab native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native edible crabs All

Native to the US, by observations.

Atlantic Rock Crab Cancer irroratus 8,141 observations
Jonah Crab Cancer borealis 3,969 observations