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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.