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  7. Thoracotrematan Crabs

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Thoracotrematan Crabs

Thoracotremata

Includes
59 native 2 introduced 27 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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  • Land, Shore, and Marsh Crabs 21 native
  • Pea Crabs 18 native
  • Ocypodoidea 17 native
  • Land Crabs 3 native
  • Coral Enveloped Crabs

Range

United States

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

Most observed native thoracotrematan crabs All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Striped Shore Crab Pachygrapsus crassipes 34,840 observations
  • Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab Leptuca pugilator 8,980 observations
  • Thin-shelled Rock Crab Grapsus tenuicrustatus 8,062 observations
  • Mud Fiddler Crab Minuca pugnax 4,873 observations
  • Red-jointed Fiddler Crab Minuca minax 2,844 observations
  • Estuarine Rock Crab Metopograpsus thukuhar 1,347 observations
  • Flat Rock Crab Percnon planissimum 573 observations
  • Purple Marsh Crab Sesarma reticulatum 353 observations
  • Henshaw's Shore Crab Cyclograpsus henshawi 16 observations
  • Rathbunixa sayana 4 observations

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