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

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Taxonomy
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- Decapods, Isopods, and Allies Subclass Eumalacostraca
  - 63 Decapods and Krill Superorder Eucarida
  - 16 Amphipods, Isopods, and Allies Superorder Peracarida

Blackclaw Crestleg Crab ¹
Lophopanopeus bellus

Foliate Kelp Crab ¹
Pugettia foliata

Graceful Kelp Crab ²
Pugettia gracilis

Northern Kelp Crab ³
Pugettia producta

Cryptic Kelp Crab ¹
Pugettia richii

Longhorn Decorator Crab ⁴
Chorilia longipes

Sharpnose Crab ⁵
Scyra acutifrons

Tanner crab ⁶
Chionoecetes bairdi

Graceful Decorator Crab ⁷
Oregonia gracilis

Graceful Rock Crab ⁸
Metacarcinus gracilis

Dungeness Crab ⁹
Metacarcinus magister

Pacific Rock Crab ¹⁰
Romaleon antennarium

Pygmy Rock Crab ¹¹
Glebocarcinus oregonensis

Red Rock Crab ¹²
Cancer productus

European Green Crab ¹³
Carcinus maenas

Helmet Crab ¹⁴
Telmessus cheiragonus

Striped Shore Crab ¹⁵
Pachygrapsus crassipes

Purple Shore Crab ¹⁶
Hemigrapsus nudus

Yellow Shore Crab ¹⁷
Hemigrapsus oregonensis

Granular Claw Crab ¹⁸
Oedignathus inermis

Spiny Lithode Crab ⁴
Acantholithodes hispidus

Scaled Crab ⁴
Placetron wosnessenskii

Hairy Crab ¹⁹
Hapalogaster mertensii

Heart Crab ⁴
Phyllolithodes papillosus

Brown Box Crab ²⁰
Lopholithodes foraminatus

Puget Sound King Crab ²¹
Lopholithodes mandtii

Rhinoceros Crab ²²
Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii

Umbrella Crab ¹
Cryptolithodes sitchensis

Cryptolithodes typicus ²²

Pacific Sand Crab ²³
Emerita analoga

Pacific Red Hermit ²²
Elassochirus gilli

Widehand Hermit ²²
Elassochirus tenuimanus

Armed Hermit Crab ²⁴
Pagurus armatus

Bering Hermit Crab ¹⁹
Pagurus beringanus

Grainy Hermit Crab ²⁵
Pagurus granosimanus

Maroon Hermit Crab ⁴
Pagurus hemphilli

Pacific Hairy Hermit Crab ²⁶
Pagurus hirsutiusculus

Alaskan Hermit Crab ²⁷
Pagurus ochotensis

Blueband Hermit Crab ²⁸
Pagurus samuelis

Flat Porcelain Crab ²⁹
Petrolisthes cinctipes

Flattop Crab ²⁶
Petrolisthes eriomerus

Munida quadrispina ³⁰

Bay Ghost Shrimp ⁵
Neotrypaea californiensis

Crangon ³¹

Dock Shrimp ²⁷
Pandalus danae

Coonstriped Shrimp ³²
Pandalus hypsinotus

Ocean Shrimp ³³
Pandalus jordani

Pandalus lucidirimicolus

California Spot Prawn ³⁴
Pandalus platyceros

Northern Hooded Shrimp
Betaeus harrimani

Kelp Humpback Shrimp ²³
Hippolyte clarki

Cataleptic Lebbeid ³⁵
Lebbeus catalepsis

Candy-striped Shrimp ⁴
Lebbeus grandimanus

Spiny Lebbeid ⁴
Lebbeus groenlandicus

Shortscale Eualid ⁴
Eualus suckleyi

Deep Blade Shrimp ²³
Spirontocaris prionota

Stout Coastal Shrimp ³⁶
Heptacarpus brevirostris

Kincaid Coastal Shrimp ³⁷
Heptacarpus kincaidi

Stimpson Coastal Shrimp ²⁷
Heptacarpus stimpsoni

stiletto coastal shrimp ³⁶
Heptacarpus stylus

Slender Coastal Shrimp ³⁷
Heptacarpus tenuissimus

Threespine Coastal Shrimp ³⁸
Heptacarpus tridens

Blue Mud Shrimp ³⁹
Upogebia pugettensis

parasitic hyperiid amphipod ⁴⁰
Phronima sedentaria

Pacific beach hopper ⁴¹
Traskorchestia traskiana

California Beach Flea ⁴²
Megalorchestia californiana

Megalorchestia columbiana ⁴³

Megalorchestia pugettensis ⁴⁴

Ellis Bog Crangonyctid ⁴⁵
Crangonyx richmondensis

Caprella laeviuscula ⁴⁶

Japanese Skeleton Shrimp ⁴⁷
Caprella mutica

Podocerus cristatus ⁴⁸

Sunamphitoe humeralis ³⁶

Rocinela belliceps ¹¹

Pseudione galacanthae ⁴⁹

Idotea fewkesi ²³

Eelgrass Isopod ²⁵
Pentidotea resecata

Rockweed isopod ²³
Pentidotea wosnesenskii

Oregon pillbug ²²
Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense

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