| Chaceon quinquedens | |
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| Dorsal view of male red deep-sea crab, Chaceon quinquedens (Brad Stevens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Geryonidae |
| Genus: | Chaceon |
| Species: | C. quinquedens
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaceon quinquedens (Smith, 1879)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Geryon quinquedens Smith, 1879 | |
Chaceon quinquedens, commonly known as the red deep-sea crab,[2] but sold as Atlantic deep sea red crab, or simply Atlantic red crab or red crab, is a crab that lives in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States and Canada, from North Carolina to Nova Scotia,[3][4] and in the Gulf of Mexico.[5]
- ^ "Chaceon quinquedens (Smith, 1879)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ American Fisheries Society (2005). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. Bethesda, Maryland: American Fisheries Society. ISBN 1888569646.
- ^ "Red Crab: Chacean quinquedens". Virginia Marine Products Board. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ Julie Ball (April 23, 2009). "What in the World is a RED CRAB?". Virginian Pilot. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Deep-Sea Red Crabs" (PDF). Discovery Porthole: Sharing Research with Educators and the Public. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi: Northern Gulf Institute. Retrieved April 7, 2024.