Cryptolithodes sitchensis — Overview

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Biology/Natural History: This species, like Cryptolithodes typicus, is very slow moving. Feeds on upright coralline algae such as Corallina, Calliarthron, and Bossiella. Tends to be found at shallower depths than C. typicus is.

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Source: Invertebrates of the Salish Sea

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