From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Best found at
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Peisar Island +
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Class
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Malacostraca +
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Common name is
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Umbrella crab +
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Documentation requested
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false +
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Family
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Lithodidae +
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Found at
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Peisar island +
, Parker group +
, Calligan +
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Genus
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Cryptolithodes +
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Order
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Decapoda +
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Origination status is
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Native +
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Phylum
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Arthropoda +
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Scientific name is
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Cryptolithodes sitchensis +
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SpecificEpithet
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sitchensis +
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Summary
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This crab is fairly uncommon, usually found during minus tides, and is almost always less than two inches across. It looks like the butterfly crab (rare, if present), which has a rostrum that flares in, rather than out as in the umbrella crab. +
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Synonyms include
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Cryptolithodes alta-fissura +
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TaxonRank
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species +
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Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Cryptolithodes sitchensis +
, Cryptolithodes sitchensis +
, Cryptolithodes sitchensis +
, Cryptolithodes sitchensis +
, Cryptolithodes sitchensis +
, Cryptolithodes sitchensis +
, Cryptolithodes sitchensis +
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Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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11 March 2013 21:07:11 +
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