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Kodiak Aquarium and Touch Tank: Collected Crabs of Chiniak Bay

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Aquarium & Touch Tank Photos


Dungeness Crab Cancer magister	Tanner Crab Chionoecetes bairdi	Graceful Decorator Crab Oregonia gracilis


Graceful Kelp Crab Pugettia gracilis	Pacific Lyre Crab Hyas lyratus	Helmet Crab Telmessus cheiragonus


Brown Box Crab Lopholithodes foraminatus	Heart Crab Phyllolithodes papillosus	Hairy Crab Hapalogaster mertensii


Red King Crab Paralithodes camtschaticus	Alaskan Hermit Crab Pagurus ochotensis	Pacific Red Hermit Elassochirus gilli

Digital Photographs by Jan Haaga.

For a look at the many fish and invertebrate species existing in the Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, and Pacific west coast, visit the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's popular Species Photo Gallery.

For a comprehensive list of Alaskan crab species, refer to the recently updated Checklist of Alaskan Crabs (44 kb .pdf file).

See the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Wildlife Notebook Series for further information on king, Tanner crab, and Dungeness crab.