Amazing Progress on Our Project, Crabs of the World!

Greetings to all 1,337 members of Crabs of the World! It’s amazing we now have 2,219 species in this project, when we spent years aiming for 2,000. (Quick reminder— Everyone, please add your crab observations to this project, as they are not automatically added. Thank you so much to everyone who adds them.)

Every few months I focus first on some species that are new to iNaturalist, and then some others that are impressive. Please notify me if yours is new, otherwise I probably won’t know. Here are some of the new crabs:

•A gorgeous Tetraloides heterodactylus by @raphetnature in the Marshall Islands:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/150710221

•A beige and orange Qianguimon splendidum (Eurasian Freshwater Crab) by @yixuan_zhang in Guangxi, China:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/176318659

•Two (of many!) new crabs by @tahiticrabs in French Polynesia:
a yellow, orange, and turquoise Tetralia muta:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/170591124
and a Tetraloides nigrifrons:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/166668798
Here you can see all of their crabs, wow!:
www.inaturalist.org/projects/crabs-of-the-world/contributors/tahiticrabs

•Another incredibly beautiful Porcelain Crab— Lissoporcellana nakasonei (Soft Coral Porcelain Crab) by @uwkwaj in The Philippines:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/155194542

These three new species need confirmation for Research Grade:

•A Pisa hirticornis (a Kelp Crab) by @dennisthediver in the Canary Islands, Spain:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/178904820

•A small Lophopanopeus frontalis by @colorado_crustaceans in California:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/166366579

•A rather adorable Genus Lissoporcellana (Porcelain Crab) by @tantsusoo in Bali, Indonesia:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/168643129

These two are not new, but fabulous, and both look like a painting:

•A Zebrida adamsii (Zebra Urchin Crab) by @coralreefdreams in Indonesia:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/179718918

•A Lissocarcinus orbicularis (Sea Cucumber Crab) by @davidr in The Philippines :
www.inaturalist.org/observations/183470656

And finally, one of my own observations, four Hemigrapsus oregonensis (Hairy Shore Crabs), for some reason called “Yellow Shore Crab” on iNaturalist. They’re almost every color except yellow, and very common where I live:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/183016827

Posted on September 17, 2023 07:22 PM by wendy5