Scientific name: Metacarcinus gracilis
Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Brachyura → Section Eubrachyura → Subsection Heterotremata → Superfamily Cancroidea → Family Cancridae → Genus Metacarcinus
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine Life → Invertebrates → Crabs
Claws have white tips. If they have black tips, it might be a pacific rock crab. They can bury themselves if they feel threatened.
