Padre Island National Seashore - Crustaceans

Padre Island National Seashore by National Parks Service

The following 41 crustaceans have been documented at the National Seashore. They are sorted alphabetically by scientific name.

Arenaeus cribrarius - Speckled Swimming Crab

Calappa sulcata - Yellow Box Crab

Caliannassa islagrande - Unknown

Caliannassa jamaicense - Ghost Shrimp

Caliannassa major - Unknown

Callinectes sapidus - Blue Crab

Cardiosoma guahumi - Unknown

Clibanarius vittatus - Thinstripe Hermit / Striped Hermit Crab (Regional)

Emerita portoricensis - Puerto Rican Sand Crab / Mole Crab (Regional)

Emerita talpoida - Atlantic Sand Crab

Eurypanopeus depressus - Flatback Mud Crab

Gecarcinus lateralis - Blackback Land Crab

Hepatus epheliticus - Calico Box Crab / Shamefaced Crab

Hepatus pudibundus - Flecked Box Crab

Hippolyte pleuracantha - False Zostera Shrimp

Isocheles wurdemanni - Surf Hermit

Libinia dubia - Longnose Spider Crab / Decorator Crab (Regional)

Libinia emarginata - Portly Spider Crab

Menippe mercenaria - Florida Stone Crab

mysids - Unknown

Neopanope texana - Mud Crab (Regional)

Ocypode quadrata - Atlantic Ghost Crab / Sand Crab (Regional)

Ovalipes guadulpensis - Florida Lady Crab

Pagarus pollicaris - Unknown

Pagurus longicarpus - Long-Armed Hermit Crab / Longwrist Hermit

Paleomonetes intermedius - Unknown

Panopeus herbstii - Atlantic Mud Crab

Parthenope serrata - Sawtooth Elbow Crab

Penaeus aztecus - Northern Brown Shrimp / Brown Shrimp

Persephona aquilonaris - Purse Crab (Regional)

Petrochirus diogenes - Giant Hermit / Red Hermit Crab (Regional)

Porcellana sayana - Spotted Porcelain Crab

Portunus gibbesii - Iridescent Swimming Crab

Portunus sayi - Sargassum Swimming Crab

Portunus spinimanus - Blotched Swimming Crab

Rithropanopeus harrisii - Mud Crab

Stomatopoda - Mantis Shrimp

Tozeuma carolinensis - Unknown

Uca rapax - Mudflat Fiddler Crab

Uca spinicarpa - Spined Fiddler Crab

Uca subcylindrica - Laguna Madre Fiddler Crab