Pacific County
Long Beach, WA
Molt Search Report
User Submitted Data
Observation Type: Timed survey
Molts/crabs found: Yes
Also submitting Dungeness crab molt data: Yes
Number of Dungeness crab molts found: 70
Sex of Dungeness crab #1: No abdomen present
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #1: 150
Carapace height of Dungeness crab #1: 100
Sex of Dungeness crab #2: No abdomen present
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #2: 111
Carapace height of Dungeness crab #2: 76
Sex of Dungeness crab #3: No abdomen present
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #3: 146
Carapace height of Dungeness crab #3: 102
Sex of Dungeness crab #4: Uncertain
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #4: 175
Carapace height of Dungeness crab #4: 118
Sex of Dungeness crab #5: No abdomen present
Carapace width of Dungeness crab #5: 133
Carapace height of Dungeness crab #5: 92
Interesting that few crabs had yellow stains on the undershell (3) Also interesting that many shells had barnacles prefering to be on the top border of the carapace, even concentrated centrally around the “eyes”