Other animals › Kelp Crabs

Dwarf Teardrop Crab

Pelia tumida

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 11, February 9, March 10, April 12, May 12, June 8, July 7, August 7, September 9, October 10, November 12, December 10.
United States114
California112
Arizona2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyKelp Crabs · Epialtidae
GenusPelia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Dwarf Teardrop Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.