Species
Hemigrapsus oregonensis (Yellow shore crab)
Hemigrapsus oregonensis. Photo: (c) Steven Mlodinow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Hemigrapsus oregonensis is a small shore crab of the family Varunidae; it was formerly classified under the family Grapsidae. It is known under several common names, including yellow shore crab, hairy shore crab, green shore crab, mud-flat crab, and Oregon shore crab.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
- Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
- Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
- Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
- Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
- Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
- Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
- Infraorder: Brachyura (True crabs)
- Zoosection: Eubrachyura (Eubrachyuran crabs)
- Zoosubsection: Thoracotremata (Thoracotrematan crabs)
- Superfamily: Grapsoidea (Land, shore, and marsh crabs)
- Family: Varunidae (Varunid crabs)
- Subfamily: Varuninae
- Genus: Hemigrapsus
- Species: Hemigrapsus oregonensis (Yellow shore crab)
- Genus: Hemigrapsus
- Subfamily: Varuninae
- Family: Varunidae (Varunid crabs)
- Superfamily: Grapsoidea (Land, shore, and marsh crabs)
- Zoosubsection: Thoracotremata (Thoracotrematan crabs)
- Zoosection: Eubrachyura (Eubrachyuran crabs)
- Infraorder: Brachyura (True crabs)
- Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
- Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
- Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
- Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
- Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
- Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
- Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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