Photo by Dwight Sokoll

Ghost crab (ocypode quadrata)

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