graceful kelp crab

Pugettia gracilis

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Epialtidae

Pugettia gracilis, commonly known as the graceful kelp crab, is a species of small crab in the family Epialtidae. It lives among forests of kelp on the Pacific coast of North America. Description The carapace (shell) of this small crab is slightly longer than it is wide and grows to a width of 4 cm (1.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 574Canada · 569

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Erin McKittrick, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPugettia gracilis, Wikipedia contributors

graceful kelp crab

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