"No hairs on front claws, about 1.5"" across carapace. Found in the very low intertidal (-1.3) under cobble. ID as per ""Crabs and Shrimps of the Pacific Coast,' p. 31 (type locality Monterey). Also: http://biology.fullerton.edu/biol317/im/s13/ft_s13_smc_2_22_13/smc_2_22_13-15.html"
"No hairs on front claws, about 1.5"" across carapace. Found in the very low intertidal (-1.3) under cobble. ID as per ""Crabs and Shrimps of the Pacific Coast,' p. 31 (type locality Monterey). Also: http://biology.fullerton.edu/biol317/im/s13/ft_s13_smc_2_22_13/smc_2_22_13-15.html"
"Mating. In crack on sea wall next to dock. Male about 4"" across. Closely-related Dungeness crab male carries the female around for up to 2 weeks waiting for her to molt. Maybe this species does too."