Crustaceans

In the pages below, I’ve posted my photographic take and a few words about some of the common mites, amphipods, isopods, shrimps, crabs, and barnacles you might find living in the intertidal zone (or just above) or washed up on northern Oregon beaches.

Let’s Explore the crustaceans!

Click on the image of the group you are interested in. (Note: My Mites and Shrimps pages aren’t live yet.)

Mites
Amphipods
Isopods
Euphausids, Shrimps, Ghost Shrimp, and Mole Crabs
Crabs
Thirty or so thatched barnacles Semibalanus cariosus, showing off the thatched look of uneroded shells. Pollicipes polymerus, Mytilus californianus, and a few limpets also appear in the scene.
Barnacles