Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas), widely known in its European homeland simply as the shore crab, is an exceptionally adaptable, aggressive marine decapod crustacean native to the coastal shallows of the northeast Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea. Belonging to...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus argus) is a magnificent, economically monumental decapod crustacean native to the warm tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. Belonging to the spiny lobster...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), colloquially celebrated worldwide as the Louisiana crawfish, mudbug, or swamp crayfish, is an exceptionally hardy, ecologically dominant freshwater decapod crustacean native to the Gulf Coast of North America. Belonging to...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Sand Fiddler Crab (Leptuca pugilator), belonging to the ocypodid family Ocypodidae, is an iconic, highly social intertidal crustacean inhabiting the sheltered sandy shores, barrier islands, and salt marsh fringes of eastern North America. Renowned for the...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
OverviewThe Noble Crayfish (Astacus astacus), celebrated for centuries across continental Europe as the premier culinary delicacy of midsummer crayfish festivals, is a large, freshwater decapod crustacean native to the clean streams, rivers, and glacial lakes of...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Caribbean Hermit Crab (Coenobita clypeatus), widely known in natural history lore as the purple pincher, soldier crab, or West Atlantic land hermit crab, is an exceptionally well-adapted terrestrial anomuran decapod. Native to the tropical islands and littoral...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio), celebrated colloquially across maritime communities as the Queen Crab or Opilio Crab, is a large, cold-adapted decapod crustacean belonging to the spider crab family Oregoniidae. Native to the frigid continental shelf waters of the...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus), celebrated poetically through its scientific name translating from Greek and Latin as the ‘beautiful, savory swimmer,’ is an iconic decapod crustacean native to the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Belonging...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata) is an iconic, pale, lightning-fast semi-terrestrial crustacean belonging to the ghost crab family (Ocypodidae). Inhabiting the sandy Atlantic and Gulf Coast beaches of the Americas from Massachusetts south to Brazil, this...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Bigclaw Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus heterochaelis), widely hailed as the Pistol Shrimp, is an extraordinary, cryptically colored decapod crustacean that wields one of the most astonishing biological weapons in the history of life on Earth. Inhabiting the muddy oyster...
