Hi Doug, thanks for your report! From the report photo, I can see that the two large crabs on the right side are graceful crabs. They have 10 marginal teeth on each side of their carapace and have a small notch, which counts as the 10th marginal tooth just below the widest part of the carapace. Here is a link to the molt search ID guide, which has a black and white drawing of a graceful crab to show the tiny notch. https://wsg.washington.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Molt-Search-ID-Guide-compressed.pdf Happy Molt Searching! –Elyse Kelsey (WSG Crab Team)
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Hi Doug, thanks for your report! From the report photo, I can see that the two large crabs on the right side are graceful crabs. They have 10 marginal teeth on each side of their carapace and have a small notch, which counts as the 10th marginal tooth just below the widest part of the carapace. Here is a link to the molt search ID guide, which has a black and white drawing of a graceful crab to show the tiny notch. https://wsg.washington.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Molt-Search-ID-Guide-compressed.pdf Happy Molt Searching! –Elyse Kelsey (WSG Crab Team)