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Pugettia is a genus of kelp crabs in the family Epialtidae. It comprises the following species: [1] Pugettia dalli Rathbun, 1894 – spined kelp crab [2] Pugettia elongata Yokoya, 1933 Pugettia foliata (Stimpson, 1860) Pugettia gracilis Dana, 1851 – graceful kelp crab [2] Pugettia hubbsi Garth, 1958 Pugettia incisa (De Haan, 1839)
Taliepus nuttallii, known generally as the southern kelp crab or globose kelp crab, is a species of true crab in the family Epialtidae. It is found in the East Pacific. It is found in the East Pacific.
The northern kelp crab can be differentiated from similar species like the decorator crabs by its two rows of hooked setae right behind its rostrum. The northern kelp crab sometimes attaches bits of kelp and seaweed to these hooked setae to store as food for later. The northern kelp crab does not decorate its carapace as other majid crabs do. [5]
Pugettia gracilis, commonly known as the graceful kelp crab, [2] is a species of small crab in the family Epialtidae. It lives among forests of kelp on the Pacific coast of North America. It lives among forests of kelp on the Pacific coast of North America.
Oregonia gracilis, commonly known as the graceful decorator crab, is a species of crab belonging to the family Oregoniidae. [3] Like other decorator crabs it habitually attaches other organisms to its back. [4] The sessile organisms are attached to hooked setae that act as a sort of velcro attachment.
Examples of decorator crabs Species Common names Distribution Decoration behaviour Acanthonyx dentatus: Toothed crab: South Africa: Naxia tumida: Little seaweed crab: Australia and surrounding waters [9] Macropodia rostrata: Long-legged spider crab: Coasts of Europe, Mediterranean, Black Sea: Chooses the chemically noxious alga Dictyota ...
The team of divers was training in the giant kelp forests of eastern Santa Cruz Island in California’s Channel Islands National Park. Curious sea creature follows diver in kelp forest — and ...
Crabs are members of infraorder Brachyura. They are crustaceans with five pairs of legs, the first pair modified to form a pair of pincers, a flattish shell, and a short, broad abdomen folded under its thorax.