Crab photos

Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02247  

Sally Lightfoot crab.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01896  

Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species: Northern kelp crab, Macrocystis pyrifera, Pugettia producta
Location: San Nicholas Island, California
Image ID: 10218  

Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06068  

Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06077  

Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06062  

Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06065  

Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16604  

Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest.
Species: Northern kelp crab, Macrocystis pyrifera, Pugettia producta
Location: San Nicholas Island, California
Image ID: 10219  

Hermit crab. Hermit crabs wear shells to protect their soft abdomens, which are asymmetrical and curved to fit the spiral shape of their shell. Like all crabs, hermit crabs are decapods; they have five pairs of legs, including a pair of claws. One claw is much larger than the other, the hermit crab uses it for defense and food shredding while it uses the smaller claw for eating. The second and third pairs of legs help the crab walk, and the last two pairs hold the hermit crab in its shell.
Species: Hermit crab, Pagurus
Image ID: 13693  

Sheep crab.
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Image ID: 13996  

Sheep crab.
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Image ID: 13997  

Sheep crab.
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Image ID: 13998  

Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16601  

Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16602  

Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16603  

Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16605  

Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16606  

Hermit crab in olive shell.
Species: Hermit crab, Olivella biplicata, Pagurus granosimanus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01033  

Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02248  

Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02249  

Pelagic red tuna crabs, Coronado Islands.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 02353  

Xantus swimming crab.
Species: Xantus' swimming crab, Portunus xantusii
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 02562  

Sheep crab.
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05394  

Pelagic red tuna crab.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05397  

Pelagic red tuna crab.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05398  

Pelagic red tuna crab, washed ashore in tidepool.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06061  

Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06064  

Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06066  

Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06067