Red crab may refer to: Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) Christmas Island red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) Chaceon quinquedens, also known as the "deep-sea red crab" Gecarcinus ruricola, also known as the "red land crab" Pleuroncodes planipes, a squat lobster also known as the "pelagic red crab"