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Striped Shore Crab

Pachygrapsus crassipes

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 1,802, February 1,560, March 1,624, April 2,015, May 1,957, June 2,044, July 1,423, August 1,256, September 1,593, October 1,628, November 2,093, December 1,614.
United States32,198
California30,387
Oregon1,681
Washington289
Mexico165
Baja California161
Canada79
British Columbia79
Japan52
South Korea30

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyShore Crabs · Grapsidae
GenusPachygrapsus

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