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New Hampshire Crustaceans

World Status Key
Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in the Wild Extinct
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status.

U.S. Status Key

Threatened in US

Endangered in US
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife Click on U.S. status icon to go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife species profile.

New Hampshire Status Key
Threatened in NH Endangered in NH Introduced
Status taken from NH Fish and Game

Order: Decapoda - 10-footed crustaceans

Family: Callianassidae - Ghost Shrimp

Biffarius biformis
Gilvossius setimanus

Family: Calocarididae

Calocaris templemani

Family: Cancridae - Rock Crabs

Atlantic Rock Crab - Cancer irroratus
Jonah Crab - Cancer borealis

Family: Cragonidae

Sand Shrimp - Crangon septemspinosa
Pontophilus norvegicus
Sabinea sarsii
Sabinea septemcarinata
Sculptured Shrimp - Sclerocrangon boreas

Family: Epialtidae

Common Spider Crab - Libinia emarginata

Family: Galatheidae - Squat Lobsters

Common Squat Lobster - Munida iris iris
Munida valida

Family: Geryonidae - Deepsea Crabs

Deep-sea Red Crab - Geryon quinquedens

Family: Grapsidae - Marsh Crabs

Gulf Weed Crab - Planes minutus

Family: Hippolytidae - Broken-back Shrimp

Caridion gordoni
Eualus gaimardii
Eualus Pusiolus
Latreutes fucorum
Lebbeus groenlandicus
Lebbeus microceros

Family: Limulidae

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab - Limulus polyphemus

Family: Lithodidae - King Crabs

Northern Stone Crab - Lithodes maja

Family: Luciferidae - Lucifers

Lucifer Prawn - Lucifer Typus

Family: Nephropidae - Clawed Lobsters

Northern Lobster - Homarus americanus

Order: Decapoda (cont.)

Family: Oregoniidae - Oregoniid Crabs

Snow Crab - Chionoecetes opilio opilo
Great Spider Crab - Hyas araneus
Hyas coarctatus coarctatus
Common Spider Crab - Libinia emarginata

Family: Paguridae - Right-handed Hermit Crabs

Acadian Hermit Crab - Pagurus acadianus
Long-clawed Hermit Crab -Pagurus longicarpus
Smooth Hermit Crab - Pagurus politus
Flat-claweed Hermit Crab - Pagurus pollicaris

Family: Palaemonidae

Grass Shrinmp - Paleomonetes vulgaris
Brown Grass Shrimp - Leander tenuicornis

Family: Pandalidae - Pandalid Shrimp

Atlantic Northern Shrimp - Pandalus borealis
Pink Shrimp - Pandalus montagui
Pandalus propinquus

Family: Panopeidae - Mud Crabs

Say's Mud Crab - Dyspanopeus sayi
Estuarine Mud Crab - Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Family: Parapaguridae - Deepwater Hermit Crabs

Atlantic Northern Shrimp - Pandalus borealis
Pink Shrimp - Pandalus montagui
Pandalus propinquus
Parapagurus pilosimanus

Familt Pasiphaeidae - Glass Shrimp

Pasiphaea multidentata

Family: Penaeidae - Penaeid Shrimps

Parapenaeus americanus
Roughneck Shrimp - Rimapenaeus constrictus

Family: Plagusiidae

American Talon Crab - Euchirograpsus americanus

Family: Portunidae - Swimming Crabs

Blue Crab - Callinectes sapidus
European Green Crab - Carcinus maenas

Lady Crab - Ovalipes ocellatus

Family: Upogebiidae - Mud Shrimp

Lobster Shrimp - Axius serratus

Family: Varunidae - Varunid Crabs

Asian Shore Crab -Hemigrapsus sanguineus