Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Species depicted
- Family: Varunidae (varunid crabs)
Yellow shore crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis)
- Family: Grapsidae (shore crabs)
Striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)
- Family: Ocypodidae (ghost and fiddler crabs)
Painted ghost crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii)
- Family: Menippidae Florida stone crabs (Menippe mercenaria) - on separate page
Tiny crab
Yellow shore crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis)
Family: Varunidae (varunid crabs)
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
May 21, 2011
Galápagos 2010
Sally Lightfoot
Sally does her impression of Bill
Santiago Island
Canon Rebel T1i
August 2, 2010
Bean Hollow
Crab snare
Attached to a fishing line, using squid as bait.
Red rock crab
Red rock crab (Cancer productus)
Bean Hollow
November 2, 2013
Camoflage
Sand crab
Small crab
Borneo
April 5, 2005
Crab close
Crab
Namib-Naukluft
Namibia
August 28, 282018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Blue crab ()
Thai restaurant
Hollywood, Florida
April 2, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Blue crab
Fort Island Gulf Beach
April 28, 2015
Sebastian
Crab ()
Sokehs, Pohnpei
May 31, 2018
Canon 7Dmark 2
Herman
Hermit crab
Ant Atoll
June 3, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Hermit crab
Ant Atoll, Pohnpei
June 3, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2
Hermit crab
Ant Atoll
June 3, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Crab
Pohnpei
May 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark 2
Crabby
Purple rock crab (Leptograpsus variegatus
Family: Grapsidae (shore crabs)
Mushroom Rock
Western Australia
August 23, 2015
We got crabs in Denham
Australian blue swimmer crab Portunus armatus
Family: Portunidae (swimming crabs)
Staying with Paul Mason
Denham, Western Australia
August 21, 2015
Olympus Tough
Painted ghost crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii)
Ghost crab
Painted ghost crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii)
Family: Ocypodidae (ghost and fiddler crabs)
San Cristobal Island
Galápagos 2024
June 29, 2024
Canon 7D Mark II
Ghost crab
Painted Ghost crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii)
Family: Ocypodidae (ghost and fiddler crabs)
San Cristobal Island
Galápagos 2024
June 29, 2024
Canon R5
Stone crabs
Stone crabs - in dinner form
Hollywood,
Florida
May 9, 2014
from Delaware Market
Stone
Stone crab ()
Pierce Street
Hollywood, Florida
March 28, 2018
Canon 5Dmark2
Stone crabs - the sequel
Stone crab ()
Pierce Street
Hollywood, Florida
April 2, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
Stone crabs - the sequel
Stone crab ()
Pierce Street
Hollywood, Florida
April 2, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5
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Last modified: July 28, 2024
Created: March 18, 2013 (from crustacean.html)
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