purple shore crab.
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Purple shore crab — Taxobox name = Purple shore crab image width = 240px image caption = Hemigrapsus nudus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda subordo = Pleocyemata infraordo = Brachyura familia =… … Wikipedia
purple shore crab — noun : a shore crab (Hemigrapsus nudus) of the Pacific coast with variable markings of yellowish green, reddish brown, or especially purple and red spotted chelae … Useful english dictionary
purple shore crab. — See under shore crab. [1880 85, Amer.] … Useful english dictionary
shore crab — noun : any of numerous crabs living between the tidemarks: as a. : green crab b. : a spider crab of the genus Libinia common along the eastern coast of the United States c. : any of several grapsoid crabs of the western coast of No. America… … Useful english dictionary
shore crab — any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus (purple shore crab), of the Pacific coast of North America. [1840 50] * * * … Universalium
Yellow shore crab — Taxobox name = Yellow shore crab image width = 240px image caption = Hemigrapsus oregonensis regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda subordo = Pleocyemata infraordo = Brachyura familia =… … Wikipedia
yellow shore crab — noun : a shore crab (Hemigrapsus oregonensis) of the Pacific coast that generally resembles the purple shore crab but is yellow or gray often with purplish brown or black spots, lacks red on the chelae, and has notably hairy legs … Useful english dictionary
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 =… … Wikipedia
Smooth shore crab — Taxobox name = Smooth shore crab regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda subordo = Pleocyemata infraordo = Brachyura familia = Varunidae genus = Cyclograpsus species = C. lavauxi binomial … Wikipedia
striped shore crab — noun : a very common Pacific shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes) with a squarish carapace transversely striped usually with purple and the chelae reticulated with purple … Useful english dictionary
