Crabs of the World
Web log entry

Part 1: A rogue's gallery selected from the Museum's crab collection

Row 1: Red stone crab (Atergatis floridus) - Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) - Box crab (Calappa calappa)

Row 2: Purse crab (Randalia sp.) -Spider crab (Libinia sp?) - Spider crab (Majidae?)

Row 3: Leopard crab (Hepatus epheliticus) - Hermit crab (Pagurus impressus) - Fiddler crab (Uca sp.) - Swimming crab (Portunus spinimanus)

Row 4: Pacific mole crab (Emerita analoga) - Purple shore crab (Hemigrapsus nudus) - Porcelain crab (Petrolisthes cinctipes) - Kelp crab (Pugettia producta) - Hairy crab (Hapalogaster mertensii) - Matuta banksii (Living image)

Thanks to Jeff Shields and other fine folks at The Crustacean Society for assistance in identifying these specimens. Any further identification or corrections would be welcome!

Part 2: Recent purchase from Conchology, Inc.

Left: Phalangipus hystrix

Top: Platylambrus validus (Living image) - Naxoides mammillata (Living image)

Middle: Pilumnus verspertilo (Living image) - Porcellana platycheles

Bottom: Daldorfia horrida (Living image) - Randalia eburnea

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