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Marine Species of Crab Cove (Alameda, CA)

Crab Cove was California's first estuarine marine reserve and is currently a Marine Protected Area. View this guide to see the various species that live in this intertidal zone.

Pea Crab 1
Pinnotheres pisum
Bay Ghost Shrimp 2
Neotrypaea californiensis
Yellow Shore Crab 3
Hemigrapsus oregonensis
Acorn Barnacle 4
Balanus glandula
Purple Shore Crab 5
Hemigrapsus nudus
Striped Shore Crab 2
Pachygrapsus crassipes
Green Crab 6
Carcinus maenas
Western Sea Roach 7
Ligia occidentalis
California Beach Flea 8
Megalorchestia californiana
blueband hermit 9
Pagurus samuelis
Red Rock Crab 10
Cancer productus
Dungeness Crab 11
Metacarcinus magister

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