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Green Shore Crab

Hemigrapsus oregonensis

Description:

Common brown crab found in the bay under rocks. Greenish-brown colouration.

1 Species ID Suggestions

vanhevel
vanhevel 12 years ago
Green Shore Crab
Hemigrapsus oregonensis


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3 Comments

AlexanderStein
AlexanderStein 12 years ago

Thanks!

vanhevel
vanhevel 12 years ago

It looks like either Hemigrapsus nudus or Hemigrapsus oregonensis. It's hard to see any setae from the camera distance, but based off of its coloration I'd go with H. oregonensis.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Like common marsh crab.

AlexanderStein
Spotted by
AlexanderStein

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Aug 7, 2011
Submitted on Aug 7, 2011

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