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Heterotrematan Crabs
Heterotremata
Field notes
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- Spider Crabs and Decorator Crabs 42 native
- Swimming Crabs and Allies 20 native
- Xanthoid Crabs 18 native
- Rock and Horse Crabs 9 native
- Shame-faced and Moon Crabs 6 native
- Eriphioidea 4 native
- Leucosioidea 4 native
- Parthenopoidea 3 native
- Pilumnoidea 2 native
- Aethroidea 1 native
- Trapezioidea 1 native
- Carpilioidea 1 native
- Helmet Crabs 1 native
- Dairoidea
- Goneplacoidea
- Gecarcinucoidea
- River Crabs
- Hymenosomatoidea
- Palicoidea
- Pseudozioidea
- Bythograeoidea
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native heterotrematan crabs All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Atlantic Blue Crab
Callinectes sapidus
25,250 observations
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Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta
17,159 observations
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Dungeness Crab
Metacarcinus magister
15,583 observations
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Pacific Rock Crab
Romaleon antennarium
9,752 observations
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Atlantic Rock Crab
Cancer irroratus
8,141 observations
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Ocellate Lady Crab
Ovalipes ocellatus
5,329 observations
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Portly Spider Crab
Libinia emarginata
4,915 observations
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Jonah Crab
Cancer borealis
3,969 observations
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Blackclaw Crestleg Crab
Lophopanopeus bellus
1,809 observations
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Southern Kelp Crab
Taliepus nuttallii
1,572 observations
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Nine-tooth Pebble Crab
Cycloxanthops novemdentatus
586 observations
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Moss Crab
Loxorhynchus crispatus
437 observations
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Tuberculate Pear Crab
Pyromaia tuberculata
174 observations
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Furrowed Rock Crab
Romaleon branneri
52 observations
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Hawaiian Pom-pom Crab
Lybia edmondsoni
42 observations