Invertebrate Zoology 76108: Cancer borealis

Peak's Island, Casco Bay
North America: United States: Maine
1827 (1827-01-01 - 1827-12-31)
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Identifications

Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859

Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Brachyura Cancridae Cancer borealis

Jonah crab

Identified by [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

Locality and Collecting Event Details

Continent/Ocean:	North America
Country:	United States
State/Province:	Maine
Specific Locality:	Peak's Island, Casco Bay
Verbatim Locality:	USA, Maine, Peak's Island, Casco Bay
Collecting Source:	wild caught
Coordinates:	43.633418° -70.049491° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 647 m
	Brendan Haley; 2019-06-10; Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10
	Coordinate Remarks: [UNDER REVIEW; GEOLOCATE_SCORE: 39; GEOLOCATE_PRECISION: Low; GEOLOCATE_NUMRESULTS: 2]
Collecting Date:	1827 (1827-01-01 - 1827-12-31)

Collectors

James H. Emerton

Included in these Collections

Identifiers

BSNH Catalog Number: 314

Part Details

Part Name	Condition	Disposition	#	Remarks
whole animal (70% ethanol)	unchecked	in collection	0

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