BC Marinelife

Phylum Arthropoda: Shrimps, Crabs, Isopods, Amphipods, and Barnicles.

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Class Malacostracea: Shrimps, Crabs, Isopods, and Amphipods.

Puget sound king crab - Lopholithodes mandtii

Puget sound king crab - Lopholithodes mandtii Heart crab - Phillolithodes papillosus

Heart crab - Phillolithodes papillosus

Rhinoceros crab - Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii

     

Dungeness crab - Cancer magister

Northern kelp crab - Pugettia producta Sharp-nosed crab - Scyra acutafrons

Scaly lithoid - Placetron wosnessenskii

Red rock crab - Cancer productus

Umbrella crab - Cryptolithodes sitchensis

Umbrella crab - Cryptolithodes sitchensis

Butterfly crab - Cryptolithodes typicus

Widehand hermit crab - Elassochirus tenuimanus

Widehand hermit crab - Elassochirus tenuimanus Orange hermit crab - Elassochirus gilli

Blackeyed hermit crab - Pagurus armatus

Squat lobster - Munida quadraspina

Squat lobster - Munida quadraspina    

Stiletto shrimp - Heptacarpus stylus

Deep blade shrimp - Spirontocaris prionota

Deep blade shrimp - Spirontocaris prionota

Rough patch shrimp - Pandalus stenolepis

Spot prawn - Pandalus platyceros

Medusa shrimp?    

Amphipod spp.

Amphipod spp. Amphipod spp.  
Class Cirripedia: Barnicles.

Giant barnicle - Balanus nubilus

   
       

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