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Guide to Invertebrates found below the high tide line on Southern Vancouver Island from Nanaimo County to Alberni-Clayoquot County

Based on Research Grade Species Observations 2020-12-05

Granular Claw Crab 1
Oedignathus inermis
Spiny Lithode Crab 2
Acantholithodes hispidus
Scaled Crab 2
Placetron wosnessenskii
Hairy Crab 3
Hapalogaster mertensii
Heart Crab 2
Phyllolithodes papillosus
Brown Box Crab 4
Lopholithodes foraminatus
Puget Sound King Crab 5
Lopholithodes mandtii
Rhinoceros Crab 6
Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii
Umbrella Crab 7
Cryptolithodes sitchensis
Cryptolithodes typicus 6
Pacific Sand Crab 8
Emerita analoga
Pacific Red Hermit 6
Elassochirus gilli
Widehand Hermit 6
Elassochirus tenuimanus
Armed Hermit Crab 9
Pagurus armatus
Bering Hermit Crab 3
Pagurus beringanus
Grainy Hermit Crab 10
Pagurus granosimanus
Maroon Hermit Crab 2
Pagurus hemphilli
Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab 11
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Alaskan Hermit Crab 12
Pagurus ochotensis
Blueband Hermit Crab 13
Pagurus samuelis
Flat Porcelain Crab 14
Petrolisthes cinctipes
Flattop Crab 11
Petrolisthes eriomerus
Munida quadrispina 15

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