Crabs, Shrimp, Barnacles, Hermit Crabs

phylum Arthropoda
 

Crabs        Hermit Crabs        Shrimp        Barnacles   


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Crabs

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Butterfly Crab
Cryptolithodes typicus

Decorator Crab
Oregonia gracalis

Dungeness Crab
Cancer magister

Gradeful Crab  (aka Slender Cancer Crab)
Cancer gracilis

 

 

 

 

Helmet Crab
Telmessus cheiragonus

Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta

Puget Sound King Crab
Lopholithodes mandtii
 

Red Rock Crab
Cancer productus

 

 

 

 

 

Scaled Crab
Placetron wosnessenskii

Sharpnose Crab
Scyra acutifrons

Squat Lobster/Galatheid Crab
Munida quadrispina

 
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Hermit Crabs

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Alaskan Hermit Crab
Pagarus ochotensis

Bering Hermit Crab
Pagarus beringanus

Black-Eyed Hermit Crab
Pagurus armatus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Shrimp

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Blacktail Shrimp
Crangon nigricauda

Deep Blade Shrimp
Spirontocaris prionota

Dock Shrimp
Pandalus danae

Spot Prawn
Pandulus platyceros

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stiletto Shrimp
Heptacarpus stylus

Threespine Shrimp
Heptacarpus tridens

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barnacles

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Giant Barnacle
Balanus nubilus

 

 

 

 

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Page Last Updated:  07/16/2008