Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta), also known as the Shield-backed Kelp Crab, is a magnificent spider crab native to the sprawling kelp forests of the Pacific Coast of North America. Perfectly adapted for life suspended in towering underwater kelp canopies,...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Flat Porcelain Crab (Petrolisthes cinctipes) is a charming, wafer-thin intertidal crustacean native to the rocky, wave-swept shores of the Pacific Northwest and California. While resembling a true crab, it is an anomuran closely related to squat lobsters, renowned...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Atlantic Mud Crab (Panopeus herbstii) is a heavy-set, formidable crustacean that reigns as one of the primary shell-cracking predators of oyster reefs along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America. Renowned for its immense, muscular black-tipped claws and...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Pacific Mole Crab (Emerita analoga), universally known to beachgoers as the Pacific Sand Crab, is the champion burrower and filter-feeder of open Pacific surf beaches. Perfectly shaped like an egg to ride pounding waves, this remarkable decapod lives entirely in...
Invertebrates > Crustaceans
The Striped Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes), also widely known as the Lined Shore Crab, is the supreme acrobat and sentinel of the Pacific intertidal zone. Inhabiting sun-drenched rocky cliffs and boulder reefs from Oregon to Baja California, this lightning-fast...
