List of U.S. state crustaceans
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As of April 2024,[update] eight 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]
- Alabama has the brown shrimp, Peneaus aztecus.[4]
- Maine has the lobster, Homarus americanus.[5]
- Texas has the Texas Gulf shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, P. setiferus, and P. duorarum.[6]
- Utah has the brine shrimp.[7]
- Georgia has the white shrimp.[8]
- District of Columbia has the Hay's spring amphipod.