Lined Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)

About Lined Shore Crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Arthropods
• Class: Malacostracans
• Order: Crabs
• Family: Shore Crabs

How to Distinguish from Similar Species: Both Hemigrapsus nudus and H. oregonensis have three teeth on the anterolateral margin of the carapace, plus do not have the transverse lines on the carapace.
Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory