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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.) (Eucarida) » Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp (Decapoda) » True Crabs (Brachyura)

Infraorder Brachyura - True Crabs

 
 
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Box crabs · Rock Crabs · Kelp Crabs and Spider Crabs · Land Crabs · Marsh Crabs, Shore Crabs, and Talon Crabs

Family Calappidae - Box crabs
unknown crab unknown crab Shame-Faced Crab - Calappa Flame-streaked Box Crab - Calappa flammea Flame-streaked Box Crab - Calappa flammea Flame-streaked Box Crab - Calappa flammea Box Crab - Calappa flammea Box Crab - Calappa flammea

Family Cancridae - Rock Crabs
Red Rock Crab - Cancer productus cancer crab? Crab - Cancer Cancer irroratus Crab #1 needs ID Metacarcinus magister (Dana) - Metacarcinus magister - female Cancer irroratus? - Cancer Crab - Cancer borealis

Family Epialtidae - Kelp Crabs and Spider Crabs
Shield-backed Kelp Crab or Northern Kelp Crab - Pugettia producta Crab - Libinia sheep crab - Loxorhynchus grandis Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis. - Loxorhynchus grandis Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis. - Loxorhynchus grandis Beach crab - Libinia Spider crab Northern Kelp Crab - Pugettia producta

Family Gecarcinidae - Land Crabs
Possible Cardisoma guanhumi???? - Cardisoma guanhumi Possible Cardisoma guanhumi???? - Cardisoma guanhumi Unknown crab - Cardisoma guanhumi Blue Land Crabs - Cardisoma guanhumi

Family Grapsidae - Marsh Crabs, Shore Crabs, and Talon Crabs
Purple Shore Crab - Hemigrapsus nudus Shore crab - Hemigrapsus oregonensis Hemigrapsus sanguineus Hemigrapsus sanguineus - female Hemigrapsus sanguineus? - Hemigrapsus sanguineus 2000802 crab - Pachygrapsus crab Moss Landing 2024 May 16 - Pachygrapsus crassipes crab Pescadero 2023 Oct 29 - Pachygrapsus crassipes

 
 
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