by Emily Grason | Jun 6, 2025 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Natural History Notes: HEOR Tufts What are those blobby things on shore crab claws? You may have occasionally noticed fleshy blobs on the inside of shore crab claws. They are most evident on males, which have larger claws than females. In fact these are tufts...
by Emily Grason | Jun 5, 2025 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
2025 Volume 1 Greetings From… Washington Harbor Number: 207 Region: Strait of Juan de Fuca Launched: 2017 Team Captain: Sue Bonomo The dedicated team of monitors at Washington Harbor isn’t afraid to get their hands– and paws– muddy looking for European green crab....
by Emily Grason | Jun 1, 2025 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Crab Team Deep Dive: Documenting a new shrimp in Washington’s Salish Sea WSG Crab Team recently shared news of a relatively new unwanted arrival to Washington’s Salish Sea shorelines, and it wasn’t the one you’re probably thinking of. In fact, it wasn’t even a crab at...
by Emily Grason | Dec 16, 2024 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Number: 602 Region: Pacific County Launched: 2020 Site Captains: Megan Bungum and Rachel Flannery Tokeland is a site with significant historical status, to the story of green crab in Washington and much deeper in time as well. Within the Crab Team monitoring network,...
by WSG Crab Team | Dec 16, 2024 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
A small midshipmen held out of water showing off striped pectoral fins. A purple colored midshipmen in a shallow tidal pool A partially decomposed midshipmen skull showing small sharp teeth Species Name: Porichthys notatus Common Name: Plainfin midshipman Species...
by Emily Grason | Dec 16, 2024 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Diet DNA: What Are Green Crabs Eating? It’s a beautiful, blue-sky day in Willapa Bay. The sunlight dances on Stackpole slough as a light breeze ruffles the surface of the water. We can still hear some birdsong from the woods along the shoreline. And I’m stuck in...
