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Romaleon sp.

Family: Cancridae
Order: Decapoda
Class: Malacostraca
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
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Romaleon is a genus of marine crabs formerly considered in the genus Cancer.

Species: The genus, as currently circumscribed, contains seven species:
ImageScientific nameDistribution
120px]]Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856 Pacific, brown or California rock crabNorth America.
Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926 Furrowed rock crabGranite Cove, Port Althorp, Alaska, to Santa Catalina Islands, California
Romaleon gibbosulum De Haan, 1833Japan to North China and Korea
Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900 Hairy Rock CrabPacific coast
Romaleon luzonense Sakai 1983Philippines, Sunda Strait
Romaleon nadaense Sakai, 1969South China Sea
Romaleon polyodon Poeppig, 1836Chile and Peru

Source: Wikipedia, article Romaleon sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
54477520/01/2017ChileRegión de Los RíosNieblaNicolas Olejnik
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Romaleon sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.