---
title: "Mottled Shore Crab"
description: "Pachygrapsus transversus — Other animals. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mottled-shore-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mottled Shore Crab

> Pachygrapsus transversus — Other animals. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Pachygrapsus transversus*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3364
- Wikidata: [Q4046280](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4046280)
- iNaturalist taxon: [195201](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/195201)

## Names

- en: Mottled Shore Crab
- es: Cangrejo saltador
- fr: Crabe du rivage à bandes droites
- pt: Caranguejo-saltador-caribenho

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1513), US (498), ES (369), PT (124), MX (78), IL (61), PR (49), BM (33), BS (28), IT (26), MA (22), CU (16)

## Photo

![Mottled Shore Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mottled-shore-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Emmanuel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253459372

## Machine access

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