Velvet swimming crab
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Velvet swimming crab
Necora puber![Scale 7](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/7.png)
![Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/omnivore3.png)
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7 POINTS
Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca
This crab is an important species for UK fisheries and feeds on brown algae, snails and crustaceans (size 4-7).
Habitat: rocky shore, subtidal
Graphic by UK Marine