Crabs
Order Decapoda
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True Crabs
(
Infraorder Brachyura
)
Sheep Crab
Loxorhynchus grandis
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Moss Crab
Loxorhynchus crispatus
Southern Kelp Crab
Taliepus nuttalli
Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta
Swimming Crab
Portunus xantusii
Armed Box Crab
Mursia guadichaudii
Purple Globe Crab
Randallia ornata
Sandflat Elbow Crab
Heterocrypta occidentalis
Yellow Crab
Cancer anthonyi
Brown Rock Crab
Cancer antennarius
Graceful Crab
Cancer gracilis
Hemphill's Kelp Crab
Podochela hemphilli
Erileptus spinosus
Spined Kelp Crab
Pugettia dalli
Dwarf Teardrop Crab
Pelia tumida
Crevice Spider Crab
Herbstia parvifrons
Panamic Arrow Crab
Stenorhynchus debilis
Striped Shore Crab
Pachygrapsus crassipes
Lumpy Crab
Paraxanthias taylori
Pebble Crab
Cycloxanthops novemdentatus
Retiring Southerner
Pilumnus spinohirsutus
Lophopanopeus bellus diegensis
Lophopanopeus leucomanus
Mottled Pea Crab
Opisthopus transversus
Hermit and other not-True Crabs
(
Infraorder Anomura
)
Spotwrist Hermit
Pagurus spilocarpus
Furry Hermit
Paguristes ulreyi
Moonsnail Hermit
Isocheles pilosus
Haigia diegensis
Phimochirus californiensis
Squat Lobster
Munida quadrispina
Tuna Crab
Pleuroncodes planipes
Spiny Mole Crab
Blepharipoda occidentalis
Pacific Sand Crab
Emerita analoga
Cabrillo's Porcelain Crab
Petrolisthes cabrilloi
Thickclaw Porcelain Crab
Pachycheles rudis