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Kaylee is Freelance Writer specializing in Wildlife & Marine Science. B.S. in Biology & B.A. in Science Writing from Millersville University. Passionate about hiking, kayaking, and all things outdoors. 5 years of experience with native Pennsylvania wildlife and 1 year of freelance & ghostwriting. She loves sharing the joy of nature with others, and hopes to inspire. View Table of Contents • Share Image On Your Site • Classification & Species • Taxonomy of Crabs • Dromiacea • Raninoida • Cyclodorippoida • Eubrachyura • Mating • Life Cycle • Life Cycle of a Blue Crab • The Zoeal Stage • The Megalopal Stage • The Adult Form • Eggs • Diet • Natural Predators • Habitat, Migration, & Range • Blue Crab Habitation • Red Crab Migration • Impact of Climate Change • Crab Survey • Thermal Tolerance • Intertidal vs Subtidal • Cultural Symbolism of Crabs • Commercial Fishing • Types of Crabs • Most Commonly Eaten Crabs • 1. Blue Crab • 2. Dungeness Crab • 3. Snow Crab • 4. King Crab • 5. Florida Stone Crab • Poisonous Crabs • 6. Xanthid Crabs (Mosaic Crab, Toxic Reef Crab, & Shawl Crab) • 7. Emerald Crabs • 8. Floral Egg Crab • The Largest Crab • 9. Japanese Spider Crab • The Smallest Crab • 10. Pea Crab • Land-Dwelling Crabs • 11. Blue Land Crab • 12. Coconut Crabs • 13. Hermit Crabs • Crabs Kept in Aquariums • 14. Fiddler Crabs • 15. Thai Micro Crab • 16. Anemone Crabs • Other Common Crab Species • 17. Horseshoe Crab • 18. Brown Crab • 19. Horsehair Crab • 20. Peekytoe Crab • YOU MAY ...

Ocean Animals Most people’s familiarity with crabs extends from a typical beach vacation to the kitchen table. That knowledge barely scratches the surface of the world’s true crabs that currently count about seven thousand species in almost one hundred genera. True crabs often get divided into geographically based species such as fresh water crabs, land crabs and marine crabs. Marine crabs dominate the West Coast, East Coast and Gulf Coasts. They can breathe underwater using gills, and as anyone who has done recreational crabbing, they are scavengers that eat most any bait thrown their way. Absent bait, their diet includes other benthic creatures such as consists of worms, clams, mussels and other invertebrates. Some of those crabs live near shore a least part of he year and wind up on the beach. The crab pictures and identification tips presented here address these crab species. Describing crabs always starts with a few basic facts such as they have ten legs with the first set of legs often described as pincers or claws. Marine crabs breathe underwater using gills. Marine crabs are scavengers. Their diet primarily consists of worms, clams, mussels, other crabs, and other invertebrates. In the East, a family of crabs called swimming crabs get their name because of the presence of a pair of back flippers as legs that help them swim in their near shore environment. The Atlantic Blue Crab, pictured above, the most prominent swimming crab, is also the most commercially popular...