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Ghost crab (ocypode quadrata) Photo by Dwight Sokoll |
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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
Related Information
Padre Island National Seashore Administrative History
Read the park's Administrative History for information on the background and founding of the park and to find out the reasoning behind the park's current policies and regulations.
Endangered Species in Texas
This is the US Fish and Wildlife Service page listing threatened and endangered plants and animals in Texas.
NPS Scientific Research and Collecting Permit.
This permit is required for scientific activities pertaining to natural resources or social science studies in National Park System areas that involve fieldwork, specimen collection, and/or have the potential to disturb resources or visitors.
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