Fishing for Tuna crab

Grimothea planipes

The tuna crab is a small, lobster-like squat lobster with a bright red, elongated body, long slender claws, and a tail tucked beneath the abdomen. It lives in the eastern Pacific off Baja California, swarming in vast pelagic aggregations that sometimes wash ashore. The body reaches about 5 inches. It drifts and swims in open water, sometimes in enormous swarms. This summary was AI generated

Water type

Saltwater

IUCN Status

Not evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Source: Fishbase

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