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What genus are crabs?

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It depends on the type of crab. For example, fiddler crabs are of the genus Uca (Ocypodidae). And the blue crab is in the genus Chionoecetes.

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It depends what species (type) of crab it is.

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A crab is a crustacean not an echinoderm

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purple crab and hermit crab

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king or herbit crab

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Crustacean

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Crab

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