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'''''Cancer setosus''''' ({{lang-es|Jaiba peluda}}) is a species of [[edible]] [[crab]] [[endemism|endemic]] to the coasts of [[Chile]], [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]]. ''C. setosus'' is a [[benthic]] [[predator]] that lives in the [[subtidal]] and [[intertidal]] zones in temperate waters from sea levels down to depths of 45 m. Its diet consists of [[clams]], [[picoroco]]s and other crabs. Its geographic distribution ranges from Ecuador 0° N/S to [[Taitao Peninsula]] at 47° S.
'''''Cancer setosus''''' ({{lang-es|Jaiba peluda}}) is a species of [[edible]] [[crab]] [[endemism|endemic]] to the coasts of [[Chile]], [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]]. ''C. setosus'' is a [[benthic]] [[predator]] that lives in the [[subtidal]] and [[intertidal]] zones in temperate waters from sea levels down to depths of 45 m. Its diet consists of [[clams]], [[picoroco]]s and other crabs. Its geographic distribution ranges from Ecuador 0° N/S to [[Taitao Peninsula]] at 47° S.



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Cancer setosus
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C. setosus
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Cancer setosus
Fabricius, 1798

Cancer setosus (Spanish: Jaiba peluda) is a species of edible crab endemic to the coasts of Chile, Ecuador and Peru. C. setosus is a benthic predator that lives in the subtidal and intertidal zones in temperate waters from sea levels down to depths of 45 m. Its diet consists of clams, picorocos and other crabs. Its geographic distribution ranges from Ecuador 0° N/S to Taitao Peninsula at 47° S.

Taxonomic note

Cancer setosus Fabricius, 1798 is currently Pseudograpsus setosus (Fabricius, 1798). Junior synonyms include Grapsus penicilliger Latreille, 1817, and Pseudograpsus barbatus H. Milne Edwards, 1853.

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  • Marine Invertebrates of Southern Chile