Striped shore crab

Striped shore crab

Taxobox
name = Striped shore crab


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Pachygrapsus crassipes"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Brachyura
familia = Grapsidae
genus = "Pachygrapsus"
species = "P. crassipes"
binomial = "Pachygrapsus crassipes"
binomial_authority = (Randall, 1840)

The striped shore crab ("Pachygrapsus crassipes") is a small crab found on rocky and hard-mud shores of the west coast of North and Central America. It is also known as the lined shore crab. Its range spans from Oregon State, U.S. to Baja California, Mexico.cite web |url=http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recNum=SC0026 |title=eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-08-09] Typically, this crab will have a brown/purple or black carapace with green stripes. Its carapace is square and can reach 4 to 5 cm in size. The claws are red/purple with a mottled pattern on the upper surface, and white on the lower surface, while its legs are purple and green with a similar mottled appearance.

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