| Loxorhynchus grandis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epialtidae |
| Genus: | Loxorhynchus |
| Species: | L. grandis
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| Binomial name | |
| Loxorhynchus grandis Stimpson, 1857
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Loxorhynchus grandis, commonly known as the sheep crab or spider crab, is a species of crab in the family Epialtidae.[1] It is the largest crab found on the California coast.[2] The species was first described to science by William Stimpson in 1857.[3] The type specimen was collected on the coast of California, near San Francisco. Fossils from the late Miocene epoch indicate that this species is at least 11.63 to 5.333 million years old.[4]
- ^ Peter Davie (2010). "Loxorhynchus grandis Stimpson, 1857". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- ^ Hobday, Alistair J.; Rumsey, Scott M. (1999-07-22). "Population dynamics of the sheep crab Loxorhynchus grandis (Majidae) Stimpson 1857 at La Jolla California".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Stimpson, William (1857). Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. Smithsonian Libraries. [Boston, Boston Society of Natural History]. pp. 12–13.
- ^ Rathbun, Mary J. (1908). "Descriptions of Fossil Crabs From California". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 35 (1647): 342. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.35-1647.341.