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Dungeness Crabs
Click on the image to count the number of teeth on the carapace of the Dungeness Crab.
Best identification characters:
White tipped claws
Ten carapace spines (widest at 10th)
Color reddish-brown to purple
Green Crab(Cancer marinus): (Description taken from Rathbun (1930). The carapace is finely granular, about as long as broad with 5 culminate antero-lateral teeth. Antero-lateral teeth tipped with yellow. Frontal area between orbits with three rounded teeth. Carapace color variable, usually mottled, dark brown to dark green, granules for the most part yellow. Female ground color orange in place of green with whitish granules. Claws similar with small black spots arranged longitudinally on palm. Fingers and adjacent portion of palm light blue with black stripes in grooves. Walking legs green, speckled with black. Second and third pair of walking legs longest and about 1and 2/3 times the length of the carapace; fourth pair of legs shorter than the first. Last pair of legs somewhat flattened and with setae. Click on the image to view the the Green crab with fewer teeth than Dungeness Crabs
Adult green crabs range in size from 6 to 10 cm in carapace width (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 2001).The photographs of the Green Crabs will be replaced as they become available.
Size: From 6 to 10 cm in carapace width, attaining widths of 3.9 inches
Red Rock Crab
Best identification characters:
Black tipped claws
Wide “fan” shaped carapace
Color typically a deep brick red
Click on the image to count the number of teeth on the carapace of the Dungeness Crab.
Best identification characters:
White tipped claws
Ten carapace spines (widest at 10th)
Color reddish-brown to purple
Green Crab(Cancer marinus): (Description taken from Rathbun (1930). The carapace is finely granular, about as long as broad with 5 culminate antero-lateral teeth. Antero-lateral teeth tipped with yellow. Frontal area between orbits with three rounded teeth. Carapace color variable, usually mottled, dark brown to dark green, granules for the most part yellow. Female ground color orange in place of green with whitish granules. Claws similar with small black spots arranged longitudinally on palm. Fingers and adjacent portion of palm light blue with black stripes in grooves. Walking legs green, speckled with black. Second and third pair of walking legs longest and about 1and 2/3 times the length of the carapace; fourth pair of legs shorter than the first. Last pair of legs somewhat flattened and with setae. Click on the image to view the the Green crab with fewer teeth than Dungeness Crabs
Adult green crabs range in size from 6 to 10 cm in carapace width (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 2001).The photographs of the Green Crabs will be replaced as they become available.
Size: From 6 to 10 cm in carapace width, attaining widths of 3.9 inches
Red Rock Crab
Best identification characters:
Black tipped claws
Wide “fan” shaped carapace
Color typically a deep brick red