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title: "Pygmy Rock Crab"
description: "Glebocarcinus oregonensis — Other animals. Glebocarcinus oregonensis, commonly known as the pygmy rock crab, is a species of crab found on the Pacific coast of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pygmy-rock-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pygmy Rock Crab

> Glebocarcinus oregonensis — Other animals. Glebocarcinus oregonensis, commonly known as the pygmy rock crab, is a species of crab found on the Pacific coast of North America.

- Scientific name: *Glebocarcinus oregonensis*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2423
- Wikidata: [Q5567456](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5567456)
- iNaturalist taxon: [429951](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/429951)

## Names

- en: Pygmy Rock Crab

## Countries with the most observations

US (1604), CA (733)

## Summary

Glebocarcinus oregonensis, commonly known as the pygmy rock crab, is a species of crab found on the Pacific coast of North America.

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

## Photo

![Pygmy Rock Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pygmy-rock-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Adney · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169506286

## Machine access

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