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Striped Shore Crab

Pachygraspsus crassipes

Description:

Crab was bright green and black back with bright orange pinchers. It's carapace (back) was probably around 1.5 to 2 inches across.

Habitat:

I found the crab in the rocks on the shore of Morro Bay.

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6 Comments

Dwain
Dwain 2 years ago

Thank you SukanyaDatta and Tukup!

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 2 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah.

Tukup
Tukup 2 years ago

Cool spotting Dwain. Thanks for sharing.

Võ Anh Tuấn
Võ Anh Tuấn 2 years ago

Dwain, No problem. :-)

Dwain
Dwain 2 years ago

Thank you for the help. I made the update to the page.

Võ Anh Tuấn
Võ Anh Tuấn 2 years ago

Dwain, It is an arthropod.

Dwain
Spotted by
Dwain

Morro Bay, California, United States

Spotted on Jul 1, 2021
Submitted on Sep 8, 2021

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