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Northern California Rocky Intertidal Species

Rocky intertidal species from Del Norte County to San Mateo County.

Striped Shore Crab 1
Pachygrapsus crassipes
Purple Shore Crab 2
Hemigrapsus nudus
Yellow Shore Crab
Hemigrapsus oregonensis
Blackclaw Crestleg Crab 3
Lophopanopeus bellus
Foliate Kelp Crab 3
Pugettia foliata
Graceful Kelp Crab
Pugettia gracilis
Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta
Cryptic Kelp Crab 3
Pugettia richii
Pacific Rock Crab 4
Romaleon antennarium
Red Rock Crab 5
Cancer productus
Umbrella Crab 3
Cryptolithodes sitchensis
Pacific Sand Crab 6
Emerita analoga
Grainy Hermit Crab 7
Pagurus granosimanus
Hairy Hermit Crab 8
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Blueband Hermit Crab 1
Pagurus samuelis
flat porcelain crab 9
Petrolisthes cinctipes
Flattop Crab 8
Petrolisthes eriomerus
chocolate porcelain crab 10
Petrolisthes manimaculis
pubescent porcelain crab 11
Pachycheles pubescens
Thickclaw Porcelain Crab 12
Pachycheles rudis
Bay Ghost Shrimp 13
Neotrypaea californiensis
Broken-back shrimp 14
Heptacarpus
California Spiny Lobster 15
Panulirus interruptus
Gammarid Amphipods 16
Gammaridea
Caprella 17
California Beach Flea 18
Megalorchestia californiana
Harford's Isopod 19
Cirolana harfordi
Idotea fewkesi 11
Eelgrass isopod 7
Idotea resecata
Seaweed Isopod 11
Idotea stenops
Blunt-tailed Isopod 19
Idotea urotoma
Rockweed isopod 20
Pentidotea wosnesenskii
Western Sea Roach 21
Ligia occidentalis

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