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Neotrypaea californiensis
Sand Shrimp
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)
Text and Photos by Jim Young
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The Crustaceans
Copepoda
Copepod
Megalorchestia califoriana
Beach Hopper or Sand Flea
Grandidierella japonica
Introduced  Amphipod
Paramicrodeutopus schmitti
Native  Amphipod
Protohyale frequens
Sea Flea
Parallorchestes ammerican
Hyalid Amphipod
Crangon nigricauda
 Blacktail Crango
Lissocrangon stylirostris
Smooth Crangon
Hepatocarpussitchensis
Sitka Shrimp
Neotrypaea californiensis
Sand Shrimp
Upogebia pugettensis
Mud Shrimp
Hemigrapsus nudus
Purple Shore Crab
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Hemigrapsus oregonensis
Oregon Shore Crab
Pachygrapsus crassipes
Lined Shore Crab
Metacarcinus magister
Dungeness Crab
Cancer productus
Red Rock Crab
Romaleon antennarium
Spot-Bellied Rock Crab
Pugettia producta
Northern Kelp Crab
Oregonea gracillus
Graceful Decorator Crab
Pinnixa sp.
Pea Crab
Carcinus maenas
European Green Crab
Emerita analoga
Mole Crab
Petrolisthes cinctipes
Flat Porcelain Crab
Pachycheles pubescents
and P. rudis
Thickclaw Porcelain Crab
Oedignathus inermis
Granular-Claw Crab
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Hairy Hermit
Cirolana harfordi
Scavenging Isopod
Idotea fewkesi
Isopod
Idotea ochotensis
Isopod
Pentidotea resecata
Eelgrass Isopod
Pentidotea wosnesenskii
Rockweed Isopod
Ligia pallasi
Sea Slater Isopod
Gnorimosphaeroma oregonensis
Stubby Isopod
Orthione griffenis
Mud Shrimp Parasitic Isopod
Balanus glandula
 Common Acorn Barnacle
Balanus nubilus
Giant Acorn Barnacle
Semibalanus cariosus
Thatched Acorn Barnacle
Olive snail.
At low tide across some sand flats in Netarts Bay you may encounter meandering and crisscrossing trails of the beautiful little purple olive snail.
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Pollicipes polymerus
Goose-Neck Barnacle
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