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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Malacostracans
  5. Decapods
  6. Heterotrematan Crabs
  7. Spider Crabs and Decorator Crabs

superfamily

Spider Crabs and Decorator Crabs

Majoidea

Includes
42 native 6 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Kelp Crabs 17 native
  • Mithracidae 14 native
  • Oregoniidae 7 native
  • Inachoididae 2 native
  • Spider Crabs 2 native
  • Typical Spider Crabs

Range

United States

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

Most observed native spider crabs and decorator crabs All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Northern Kelp Crab Pugettia producta 17,159 observations
  • Portly Spider Crab Libinia emarginata 4,915 observations
  • Southern Kelp Crab Taliepus nuttallii 1,572 observations
  • Moss Crab Loxorhynchus crispatus 437 observations
  • Tuberculate Pear Crab Pyromaia tuberculata 174 observations

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