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title: "Graceful Kelp Crab"
description: "Pugettia gracilis — Other animals. Pugettia gracilis, commonly known as the graceful kelp crab, is a species of small crab in the family Epialtidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/graceful-kelp-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Graceful Kelp Crab

> Pugettia gracilis — Other animals. Pugettia gracilis, commonly known as the graceful kelp crab, is a species of small crab in the family Epialtidae.

- Scientific name: *Pugettia gracilis*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2478
- Wikidata: [Q6496538](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6496538)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130344](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130344)

## Names

- en: Graceful Kelp Crab

## Countries with the most observations

US (1238), CA (1053)

## Summary

Pugettia gracilis, commonly known as the graceful kelp crab, is a species of small crab in the family Epialtidae. It lives among forests of kelp on the Pacific coast of North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugettia_gracilis

## Photo

![Graceful Kelp Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/graceful-kelp-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Quillipede · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204951552

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/graceful-kelp-crab?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).