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  2. Carcinus maenas - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Carcinus aestuarii - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Carcinus - Wikipedia

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    Carcinus maenas. C. maenas is among the 100 "world's worst alien invasive species".It is native to the northeast Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea, but has colonised similar habitats in Australia, South Africa, South America, and both Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America.

  5. One of the worst invasive species threatens WA waters ... - AOL

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    In fact, when European green crabs were originally detected in the late-1990s, the very first reports were not of molted shells rather than live crabs. According to Washington Sea Grant, the ...

  6. Extended holiday? Invasive European green crabs find new home ...

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    Invasive European green crabs are making waves in the Gulf of Maine. Here what's being done to get rid of these invasives.

  7. Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and ...

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    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 ...

  8. Sacculina carcini - Wikipedia

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    Sacculina carcini, the crab hacker barnacle, [2] is a species of parasitic barnacle in the family Sacculinidae, in particular a parasitic castrator, of crabs.The crab that most often is used as a host is the green crab, the natural range of which is the coasts of Europe and North Africa. [2]

  9. Aquatic invasive species in Canada - Wikipedia

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    European green crab. The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is an invasive species on the Atlantic coast of Canada, and has since also invaded the Pacific coast in British Columbia. [18] The European Green Crab travels on both recreational and trading boats, and their larvae can travel great distances to establish new populations. [19]