Striped Shore Crab (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Striped Shore Crab

Caption

The striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes) is a small crab found all along the West Coast of North America, and it is extremely abundant in Elkhorn Slough.

Credit

K. Beheshti

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