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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Typical Crustaceans
  5. Malacostracans

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Malacostracans

Malacostraca

Includes
932 native 69 introduced 208 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Decapods, Isopods, and Allies 919 native
  • Mantis Shrimps 13 native
  • Leptostracans

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native malacostracans All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Striped Shore Crab Pachygrapsus crassipes 34,840 observations
  • Red Swamp Crayfish Procambarus clarkii 28,261 observations
  • Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus 25,250 observations
  • Northern Kelp Crab Pugettia producta 17,159 observations
  • Dungeness Crab Metacarcinus magister 15,583 observations
  • Signal Crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus 12,091 observations
  • Blueband Hermit Crab Pagurus samuelis 11,417 observations
  • Pacific Sand Crab Emerita analoga 10,743 observations
  • Pacific Rock Crab Romaleon antennarium 9,752 observations
  • Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab Pagurus hirsutiusculus 9,017 observations
  • Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab Leptuca pugilator 8,980 observations
  • Atlantic Rock Crab Cancer irroratus 8,141 observations
  • Thin-shelled Rock Crab Grapsus tenuicrustatus 8,062 observations
  • Atlantic Sand Crab Emerita talpoida 8,005 observations
  • California Spiny Lobster Panulirus interruptus 6,886 observations
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