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The Oregon Coast Aquarium Intertidal Species Guide

This guide is meant to assist participants in our BioBlitz events with making accurate identifications of the species they observe.

Dungeness Crab 1
Metacarcinus magister
Purple Shore Crab 2
Hemigrapsus nudus
Striped Shore Crab 3
Pachygrapsus crassipes
Pacific Rock Crab 4
Romaleon antennarium
Dungeness Crab 1
Metacarcinus magister
Pygmy Rock Crab
Glebocarcinus oregonensis
Striped Shore Crab 3
Pachygrapsus crassipes
Red Rock Crab 5
Cancer productus
Purple Shore Crab 2
Hemigrapsus nudus
pubescent porcelain crab 6
Pachycheles pubescens
Yellow Shore Crab 5
Hemigrapsus oregonensis
Thickclaw Porcelain Crab 7
Pachycheles rudis
Bering Hermit 8
Pagurus beringanus
Grainy Hermit Crab 9
Pagurus granosimanus
Hairy Hermit Crab 10
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Blueband Hermit Crab 11
Pagurus samuelis
Flat Porcelain Crab 12
Petrolisthes cinctipes
Graceful Kelp Crab
Pugettia gracilis
Northern Kelp Crab
Pugettia producta
Cryptic Kelp Crab 13
Pugettia richii

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