Cancer borealis Northern Crab, Jonah Rock Crab, Jonah Crab

Cancer borealis is commonly referred to as Northern Crab, Jonah Rock Crab, Jonah Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

14026 

AphiaID:

158056 

Scientific:

Cancer borealis 

German:

Northern crab, Jonah rock crab, Jonah crab 

English:

Northern Crab, Jonah Rock Crab, Jonah Crab 

Category:

Kraby 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Cancridae (Family) > Cancer (Genus) > borealis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Stimpson, 1859 

Occurrence:

Canada Eastern Pacific, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, USA 

Marine Zone:

Mesopelagial
Mesopelagic zone
lies between 200 to 1000 meters depth, thus it is considered the "twilight zone of the sea" between the light and dark depth zones. 

Sea depth:

0 - 800 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

5.91" - 8.66" (15cm - 22,2cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 15,4 °F (°C - 15,4°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Clams, omnivore, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cancer bellianus
• Cancer bispinosus
• 
  Cancer borealis
  Northern crab, Jonah rock crab, Jonah crab
• 
  Cancer irroratus
  Atlantischer Taschenkrebs
• Cancer johngarthi
• Cancer laevis
• Cancer mytilorum
• Cancer mytulorum
• 
  Cancer pagurus
  Brauner Taschenkrebs
• Cancer plebejus
• Cancer porteri
• 
  Cancer productus
  Roter Taschenkrebs
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-07-27 19:44:53 

Last edit:

2025-07-02 18:59:59 

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