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Common Crabs of Alaska Red king crab

Golden King Crab Lithodes aequispina

Paralithodes platypus

Many Spined Spider Crab

Scarlet King Crab

Verrill’s Spider Crab

Paralithodes camtschaticus

Paralomis multispina

Brown Box Crab

Lopholithodes foraminatus

Fuzzy Crab

Blue King Crab

Lithodes couesi

Flatspine Triangle Crab Phyllolithodes papillosus

Wrinkled Crab

Paralomis verrilli

Rhinocerus Crab

Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii

Soft Crab

Butterfly Crab

Cryptolithodes typicus

Scaled Crab

Acantholithodes hispidus

Dermaturus mandtii

Hapalogaster grebnitzkii

Placetron wosnessenskii

Triangle Tanner Crab

Tanner Crab

Snow Crab

Grooved Tanner Crab

Chionoecetes angulatus

Chionoecetes bairdi

Chionoecetes opilio

Pacific Lyre Crab

Arctic Lyre Crab

Split-nose Decorator Crab

Graceful Decorator Crab

Longhorn Decorator Crab

Graceful Kelp Crab Pugettia gracilis

Hair Crab

Erimacrus isenbeckii

Helmut Crab

Dungeness Crab

Pygmy or Oregon Rock Crab

Mantle Pea Crab

Hyas lyratus

Chorilia longipes

Metacarcinus magister

Hyas coarctatus

Glebocarcinus oregonensis

Oregonia bifurca

U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington

Pinnixa faba

Chionoecetes tanneri

Oregonia gracilis

Telmessus cheiragonus

Pinch Bug

Munida quadrispina

*Photos courtesy of David Drumm, Duane Stevenson, Jay Orr, Rick Hibpshman, Sarah Hardy, and AFSC/FMA.