| Common Name | Porcupine crab |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Canada |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Davidson, E.R. and N.E. Hussey, 2019 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | behavior |
| 1st Modifier | morphology |
| 2nd Modifier | |
| Remarks | 'crab', from Proto-into-European root '*gerbh' meaning 'to scratch, carve' and Dutch 'krabelen', i.e. 'to scratch', 'claw'. |