Crab and Crustacean Pokémon
19 Pokémon are based on or look like crabs, crayfish and other crustaceans. They run from Krabby (#0098) to Klawf (#0950).
Crab and Crustacean Pokémon facts
- Most crab and crustacean Pokémon are Water types (12 of 19), then Rock (9) and Bug (6).
- Generation 1 added the most (4 of 19).
- Heaviest: Crustle (200 kg). Lightest: Krabby (6.5 kg).
- Fossil Pokémon: Kabuto, Kabutops, Anorith and Armaldo.
All 19 Crab and Crustacean Pokémon
Each Pokémon is here because its lore page on pokee.si says it is based on or inspired by crabs, crayfish and other crustaceans, or looks like them. Game Freak does not always say what inspired a design, so some of these are well-supported readings, not official facts.
| # | Pokémon | Type | Why it counts | Gen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #0098 | Krabby | Water | Looks like an ordinary crab, maybe a samurai crab. | 1 |
| #0099 | Kingler | Water | Resembles a fiddler crab with one huge claw. | 1 |
| #0140 | Kabuto | Rock/Water | Mixes a horseshoe crab with a trilobite. | 1 |
| #0141 | Kabutops | Rock/Water | Based on the horseshoe crab and ancient sea scorpions. | 1 |
| #0341 | Corphish | Water | A red crayfish, maybe the red swamp crayfish. | 3 |
| #0342 | Crawdaunt | Water/Dark | Looks like a red swamp crayfish, but as big as a lobster. | 3 |
| #0347 | Anorith | Rock/Bug | Greatly resembles brine shrimp, with ancient Anomalocaris roots. | 3 |
| #0348 | Armaldo | Rock/Bug | Somewhat resembles a mantis shrimp, and is based on Anomalocaris. | 3 |
| #0557 | Dwebble | Bug/Rock | A hermit crab that lives in a hollowed-out rock. | 5 |
| #0558 | Crustle | Bug/Rock | A hermit crab with a shell like a block of rock layers. | 5 |
| #0688 | Binacle | Rock/Water | Modelled on the goose barnacle, which clings to rocks on a stalk. | 6 |
| #0689 | Barbaracle | Rock/Water | Seems to be based on a goose barnacle. | 6 |
| #0692 | Clauncher | Water | Looks like a pistol shrimp that snaps its claw. | 6 |
| #0693 | Clawitzer | Water | A pistol shrimp grown into heavy artillery. | 6 |
| #0739 | Crabrawler | Fighting | Modelled on the coconut crab, with boxing touches. | 7 |
| #0740 | Crabominable | Fighting/Ice | May take its look from yeti crabs with hairy arms. | 7 |
| #0767 | Wimpod | Bug/Water | Blends a trilobite with an isopod. | 7 |
| #0768 | Golisopod | Bug/Water | A giant isopod dressed in samurai armour. | 7 |
| #0950 | Klawf | Rock | Based on bristly crabs like the horsehair crab. | 9 |
Crab and Crustacean Pokémon by type
A Pokémon with two types is counted once for each type.