List of U.S. state crustaceans

As of April 2024,^[update] eight U.S. states and the District of Columbia have designated state crustaceans:^[1]

Louisiana has the freshwater crawfish Procambarus clarkii.
Maryland has the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.^[2]
Oregon has the Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister.^[3]
Alabama has the brown shrimp, Peneaus aztecus.^[4]
Maine has the lobster, Homarus americanus.^[5]
Texas has the Texas Gulf shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, P. setiferus, and P. duorarum.^[6]
Utah has the brine shrimp.^[7]
Georgia has the white shrimp.^[8]
District of Columbia has the Hay's spring amphipod.

^ "Official State Crustaceans". StateSymbolsUSA. July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
^ Md. Gen. Provis. § 7-303. http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmStatutesText.aspx?article=ggp&section=7-303&ext=html&session=2015RS&tab=subject5.
^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Alabama Emblems: State Crustacean". Alabama Department of Archives and History. March 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
^ "Maine State Crustacean". Maine Kids. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
^ "Texas State Crustacean". StateSymbolsUSA. 29 December 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
^ "Brine shrimp officially named Utah's state crustacean".
^ "White shrimp Georgia's official crustacean". Retrieved April 25, 2024.