Hi Chris, Thanks for keeping your eyes peeled and for taking such great photos, as usual. That shiny lady you found at Neah Bay is actually a lined shore crab, which we tend to only see out on the pacific coast like where you were. They have those two marginal teeth and often a few coarse hairs on their leg tips. Always interesting to find a crab species for the first time, and definitely understandable that it’d be a bit alarming to see something out of the ordinary like that. Glad you sent a picture in so we could confirm! – Lisa
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Hi Chris, Thanks for keeping your eyes peeled and for taking such great photos, as usual. That shiny lady you found at Neah Bay is actually a lined shore crab, which we tend to only see out on the pacific coast like where you were. They have those two marginal teeth and often a few coarse hairs on their leg tips. Always interesting to find a crab species for the first time, and definitely understandable that it’d be a bit alarming to see something out of the ordinary like that. Glad you sent a picture in so we could confirm! – Lisa