page_title: List of U.S. state crustaceans
section_title: Oregon
hierarchical_section_title: List of U.S. state crustaceans / Oregon
caption_attribution_description: a dungeness crab
context_page_description: As of July 2017, six U.S. states have designated state crustaceans:
  Louisiana has the freshwater crawfish Procambarus clarkii.
  Maryland has the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.
  Oregon has the Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister.
  Alabama has the brown shrimp, Peneaus aztecus.
  Maine has the lobster, Homarus americanus.
  Texas has the Texas Gulf Shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, P. setiferus, and P. duorarum.
context_section_description: The Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister (formerly Cancer magister), is a species of crab that inhabits eelgrass beds and water bottoms on the west coast of North America. Its common name comes from the port of Dungeness, Washington. In 2009, based on lobbying from schoolchildren at Sunset Primary School in West Linn, Oregon, and citing its importance to the Oregon economy, the Oregon State Legislature designated the Dungeness crab as the state crustacean of Oregon.
  The carapace width of mature Dungeness crabs may reach 25 cm (9.8 in) in some areas off the coast of Washington, but are typically under 20 cm (7.9 in). They are a popular delicacy, and are the most commercially important crab in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the western states generally. The annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival is held in Port Angeles, Washington each October.
caption: The Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister, is the state crustacean of Oregon.
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