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Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8/16/08. © Peter J. Bryant.
Swimming Crab

Portunus xantusii

Decapoda: Portunidae

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Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8/16/08. © Peter J. Bryant.
Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 8/16/08. © Peter J. Bryant.

Off Catalina Island, CA. Depth 45ft. 04/06. © Alan Grant
Megalops larva, identified by DNA barcoding. Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 9/17/13. © Peter J. Bryant.
 
Juvenile, probably Portunus xantusii (note flattened hind legs)