California Arthropoda

This page presents some of Arthropoda we have seen in California, primarily around the Channel Islands off the Santa Barbara and Ventura areas. Click the thumbnail to proceed to a page and photos for that species. These pages show only those animals we photographed and can by no means be considered an exhaustive presentation of any of the groups. Recent updates to these pages may be listed here.

Barnacles

Balanus nubilus

Brachyuran Crabs

Achelous xantusii	Brachyura sp.	Brachyura sp.
Ericerodes hemphillii	Herbstia parvifrons	Latulambrus occidentalis
Loxorhynchus grandis	Paraxanthias taylori

Anomuran Crabs and Hermits

Grimothea planipes	Haigiopagurus diegensis	Paguristes ulreyi
Pagurus venturensis	Phimochirus californiensis

Shrimp

Lysmata californica	Pandalus gurneyi	Spirontocaris prionota
Thoridae sp.

Lobsters

Panulirus interruptus

Isopods

Neastacilla californica

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