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It is known by different names around the world. In the British Isles, it is generally referred to as the shore crab, or green shore crab. In North America and South Africa, it bears the name European green crab. C. maenas is a widespread invasive species, listed among the 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species. [2]
European green crabs are considered to be one of the world’s worst invasive species and a significant threat to the health of Washington’s marine waters. ... and Dungeness crab — all of ...
A sea otter eyes its lunch, one of two invasive European green crabs it was able to retrieve underwater. Photo taken in 2011 in Moss Landing, CA. Green crabs are originally from Europe and arrived ...
Carcinus aestuarii, also known as the Mediterranean green crab is a littoral crab, native to the Mediterranean Sea.. Carcinus aestuarii bears some similarities to Carcinus maenas and was sometimes considered to be a subspecies thereof, rather than a species in its own right, but a molecular biological study using the COI gene found the difference between the two taxa to be substantial ...
In the British Isles, it is generally referred to simply as the shore crab. In North America and South Africa, it bears the name green crab or European green crab. In Australia and New Zealand, it is referred to as either the European green crab or European shore crab.
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The European Green Crab travels on both recreational and trading boats, and their larvae can travel great distances to establish new populations. [19] This species can be green, red, or yellow with 2 claws, a saw-like shell, and pointed, hairy back legs. [18] It is smaller than other species, but it is similar in appearance to the native Rock ...