Kelp Crabs

Kelp crabs (Pugettia producta) are 12 centimetres wide and are found in the mid-tide zone. It has very powerful claws. The Kelp crab lives around seaweed. The Kelp crab is actually a type of spider crab that lives in the Pacific. They are nocturnal, like most crabs. Kelp crabs really seem to like kelp. They eat it, live with kelp, and use it for many other things. Kelp crabs are vegetarians; they eat bull kelp, sea cabbage, and rockweed. They can be found in dense kelp beds, and tide pools.