Common Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas)

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Carcinus maenas

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Shore Crab

Also known as: Strandkrab, European Shore-Crab, Green Crab, Green Shore Crab, Harbour Crab, North Atlantic Shore Crab, Shore Crab

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About

Max size

6 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Carcinidae

Where to find it

common

Australia (Temperate South)Denmark France (Atlantic)Germany Netherlands Portugal Spain (Galicia)Sweden United Kingdom

occasional

rare

Gibraltar United States (California)

Other species in Carcinidae

Mediterranean Green Crab (Carcinus aestuarii)

Carcinus aestuarii

Mediterranean Green Crab

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