List of U.S. state crustaceans
As of September 2024, nine U.S. states and the District of Columbia 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.
- California also 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.
- Utah has the brine shrimp.
- Georgia has the white shrimp.
- District of Columbia has the Hay's spring amphipod.