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Paralithodes californiensis, also known as the spiny king crab and the California king crab, is a species of king crab [1] [2] [3] It is closely related to P. rathbuni with the same common names being used for the two and some authorities suggest that they might be conspecific. [4]
Loxorhynchus grandis, commonly known as the sheep crab or spider crab, is a species of crab in the family Epialtidae. [1] It is the largest crab found on the California coast. [2] The species was first described to science by William Stimpson in 1857. [3] The type specimen was collected on the coast of California, near San Francisco.
Romaleon antennarium is harvested by sport and commercial fishermen in California, mostly from Morro Bay south. The California rock crab fishery is made up of three species - the yellow rock crab (C. anthonyi), the brown rock crab (R. antennarium), and the red rock crab (C. productus). Rock crab landings for 1999 were 790,000 pounds and have ...
Species Common name Syncaris pacifica: California freshwater shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis: Bay ghost shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus: Korean shrimp Loxorhynchus grandis: Sheep crab Taliepus nuttallii: Southern kelp crab Loxorhynchus crispatus: Decorator crab Oregonia gracilis: Graceful decorator crab Emerita analoga
Pagurus samuelis, the blueband hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab from the west coast of North America, and the most common hermit crab in California. It is a small species, with distinctive blue bands on its legs. It prefers to live in the shell of the black turban snail, and is a nocturnal scavenger of algae and carrion.
The Puget Sound king crab (Echidnocerus cibarius), is a species of king crab which inhabits the oceans of the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to central California. Adults are orange, red and purple in color, while juveniles are either mostly orange or have small blotches of red and purple.
Oedignathus inermis is a species of king crab found off the Pacific coasts of the United States and Canada, from California [4] to Alaska, [5] and disjunctly around the coasts of Japan. [6] It is the only species in the genus Oedignathus , and is sometimes called the granular claw crab , [ 1 ] paxillose crab , [ 7 ] or tuberculate nestling ...
Cryptolithodes sitchensis, known as the umbrella crab and the turtle crab, [3] [4] is a species of king crab native to coastal regions of the northeastern regions of the Pacific Ocean, ranging from Sitka, Alaska to Point Loma, California. [5] Its carapace extends over its legs such that when it pulls in its legs, it resembles a small stone.