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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 Shame-Faced Crab - Calappa Flame-streaked Box Crab - Calappa flammea Flame-streaked Box Crab - Calappa flammea Box Crab - Calappa flammea Box Crab - Calappa flammea

Family Cancridae - Rock Crabs
Slender Crab - Cancer gracilis Red Rock Crab - Cancer productus Red Rock Crab - Cancer productus Crab - Cancer Cancer productus Crab #1 needs ID Crab - Metacarcinus magister Crab - Cancer borealis

Family Epialtidae - Kelp Crabs and Spider Crabs
Shield-backed Kelp Crab or Northern Kelp Crab - Pugettia producta Spider crab carapace - Libinia emarginata Spider crab carapace - Libinia emarginata The Grandist Carapace - Loxorhynchus grandis The Grandist Carapace - Loxorhynchus grandis Crab - Libinia Beach crab - Libinia Graceful Kelp Crab Pugettia gracilis?

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 Hemigrapsus sanguineus Hemigrapsus sanguineus Hemigrapsus sanguineus Hemigrapsus sanguineus Hemigrapsus sanguineus Pachygrapsus crassipes Grapsus - Grapsus grapsus

 
 
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