From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Abundance is
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Common +
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Best found at
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Totem Park +
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Class
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Malacostraca +
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Common name is
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Purple shore crab +
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Documentation requested
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false +
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Family
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Varunidae +
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Genus
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Hemigraspus +
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Occurrence is
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Documented +
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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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Hemigraspus nudus +
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SpecificEpithet
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nudus +
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Summary
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''Hemigrapsus nudus'' is the most common h … ''Hemigrapsus nudus'' is the most common high intertidal crab. It is differentiated, no matter what the color variation, by the purple spots on its claws. It is especially common in back bays, stream mouths, and any place with gravel and rockweed ''Fucus''. Not only is the purple shore crab (as it's usually called) ubiquitous, but its molts are abundant at the high tide line, especially around July. This is usually the first crab that small children, tourists and brown bears find by turning rocks over at low tide, and outings at the beach wouldn't be quite the same without it.ach wouldn't be quite the same without it. +
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Synonyms include
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Hemigraspus nudas +
, Pseudograspus nudus +
, Heterograspus nudus +
, Brachynotus nudus +
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TaxonRank
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species +
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Hemigrapsus nudus +
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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 April 2014 08:13:56 +
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Hemigrapsus nudus +
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