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Boston Inner Harbor Species

The most commonly-found species in Boston's Inner Harbor.

Green Shore Crab 1
Carcinus maenas
Long-claw Hermit Crab 2
Pagurus longicarpus
Asian Shore Crab 3
Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Portly Spider Crab 4
Libinia emarginata
Jonah Crab 5
Cancer borealis
Atlantic Rock Crab 6
Cancer irroratus
American Lobster 6
Homarus americanus
Rockpool Prawn 7
Palaemon elegans
Japanese Skeleton Shrimp 8
Caprella mutica

Edited by New England Aquarium Education and Sylvia Scharf, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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