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title: "Red Rock Crab"
description: "Cancer productus — Outros animais. Cancer productus, one of several species known as red rock crabs, is a crab of the genus Cancer found on the western coast of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/red-rock-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Rock Crab

> Cancer productus — Outros animais. Cancer productus, one of several species known as red rock crabs, is a crab of the genus Cancer found on the western coast of North America.

- Scientific name: *Cancer productus*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 17349
- Wikidata: [Q5031457](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5031457)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47826](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47826)

## Names

- en: Red Rock Crab
- es: Cangrejo de rocas rojo
- fr: Crabe rouge

## Countries with the most observations

US (10490), CA (6456)

## Summary

Cancer productus, one of several species known as red rock crabs, is a crab of the genus Cancer found on the western coast of North America. This species is commonly nicknamed the Pearl of the Pacific Northwest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_productus

## Photo

![Red Rock Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-rock-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alex Heyman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74687991

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-rock-crab?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).