COMMON NAMES:
Purple Shore Crab.
SCIENTIFIC
NAME:
Hemigrapsus nudus.
DESCRIPTION:
Purple to reddish brown carapace and legs. Claws generally pale with purple
spots. Carapace has three teeth on outer side of eye.
RANGE:
North Pacific. Yakobi Island Alaska to Mexico.
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