Striped Shore Crab

Common Name: Striped Shore Crab

Scientific Name: Pachygrapsus crassipes

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family: Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Grapsidae

Diet: Omnivorous, algae, mollusks, bivalves, crustaceans

Habitat: Rocky shores, mud flats, in channels, hard substrate with many crevices, high tide zone

Range: Native to west coast of North America (Oregon to Gulf of California), movement into Japan and Korea

Identification: Red/purple/green, with horizontal stripes along the square carapace, bright green at joints

Reproduction: Eggs develop underneath the female’s abdomen

Behavior: Spends at least half of its time on land

Predators: Gulls and octopus