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List of U.S. state crustaceans
As of September 2024,[update] nine U.S. states and the District of Columbia have designated state crustaceans:[1]
- Louisiana has the freshwater crawfish Procambarus clarkii.
- Maryland has the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.[2]
- Oregon has the Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister.[3]
- California also has the Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister.[4]
- Alabama has the brown shrimp, Peneaus aztecus.[5]
- Maine has the lobster, Homarus americanus.[6]
- Texas has the Texas Gulf shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, P. setiferus, and P. duorarum.[7]
- Utah has the brine shrimp.[8]
- Georgia has the white shrimp.[9]
- District of Columbia has the Hay's spring amphipod.
- ^ "Official State Crustaceans". StateSymbolsUSA. July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ Md. Gen. Provis. § 7-303. http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmStatutesText.aspx?article=ggp§ion=7-303&ext=html&session=2015RS&tab=subject5.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Stierch, Sarah (October 2, 2024). "2 Iconic Animals, Dungeness Crab And Banana Slug, Become New State Symbols". SFGate. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ "Alabama Emblems: State Crustacean". Alabama Department of Archives and History. March 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Maine State Crustacean". Maine Kids. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Texas State Crustacean". StateSymbolsUSA. 29 December 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Brine shrimp officially named Utah's state crustacean".
- ^ "White shrimp Georgia's official crustacean". Retrieved April 25, 2024.
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