Greetings to all 1,362 members of Crabs of the World! Thanks so much for adding your observations to this project, as they’re not automatically added; and please remember: NO shrimp or crayfish!

We now have 2,298 species in this project, 28 more than my last post two months ago. Every few months I first focus on some species that are new to iNaturalist, and then some others that are fabulous. Please notify me if yours is new, otherwise I probably won’t know! Here are some of the new crabs:

•A Rathbunaria orientalis found by @sharmaine3 in Australia, a find that was highlighted in the media:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/196500567

•A Petrolisthes glasselli (a Porcelain Crab) last year by @albertoalcala in Mexico:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/147484774

•A Heterolithadia fallax (a Purse Crab) (needs confirmation) by @tantsusoo in Indonesia:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/195420509

•A Panopeus chilensis (a Mud Crab) (needs confirmation) by @guillermofunes in El Salvador:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/200685207

•A Somanniathelphusa dangi (a Southeast Asian Freshwater Crab) (needs confirmation) by @quang_khai in Vietnam:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/198908035

Two (need confirmation) by @billybs in the Galapagos, Ecuador:
•A Garthasia americana (a Round Crab)
www.inaturalist.org/observations/197476830
•A Herbstia pyriformis (a Kelp Crab)
www.inaturalist.org/observations/197419679

And a multicolored Dardanus that awaits ID by @glen_whisson in Australia:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/200957469

These aren’t new, but so interesting:

•An Armases angustipes (Sesarmid Marsh Crab) carrying eggs by @flaviomendes in Brazil:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/195785311

•An unusual, lanky black Spider/Decorator Crab by @kjadiver in Australia:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/196459849

•A tiny zoea of the Pachycheles pubescens (Pubescent Porcelain Crab), even showing chromatophores (ID by @crabsandshrimps), by @hawnzd in Washington state, USA:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/195902359

•Also in Washington state, a juvenile Phyllolithodes papillosus (Heart Crab) with black and white banded legs by @ebleke:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/199951247

•Two observations by @coralreefdreams in Indonesia:
A stunning little zebra, a Zebrida adamsii (Zebra Urchin Crab) www.inaturalist.org/observations/198134473
And an elegant Allogalathea elegans (Elegant Squat Lobster)
www.inaturalist.org/observations/198598910

•In Singapore, two remarkable observations (need confirmation) by @caleidoskopable:
a Purse Crab: www.inaturalist.org/observations/198895838
and a Porcelain Crab: www.inaturalist.org/observations/198895695

•Only the second Geothelphusa boreas (A Eurasian Freshwater Crab) by @cm1127 in Taiwan:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/197008601

•Now there are just two observations of another crab, Heteractaea lunata (Fuzzy Mud Crab), in Mexico:
Twelve years ago by @crabsandshrimps:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/199258605
and five years ago by @cristianmgv19:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/43419687

•And a tiny juvenile Paralithodes camtschaticus (Red King Crab), maybe a Red “Prince Crab” :-) by @emmareichl in Alaska:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/198794582