Velvet crab
| Velvet crab | |
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| Velvet crabs among Corynactis anemones in Brest, France | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Polybiidae |
| Genus: | Necora Holthuis, 1987 |
| Species: | N. puber |
| Binomial name | |
| Necora puber | |
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The velvet crab (Necora puber), also known as the velvet swimming crab or devil crab, is a species of crab from the North-East Atlantic and the Mediterranean.