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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]
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 ...
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.
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. Their destructive tendencies damage ...
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The bay has been invaded by the European green crab, a voracious predator that is known to prey on the young of native crab species, as well as native mussels, oysters, and clams. [6] European green crab were first documented in Humboldt Bay in 1995 and have been blamed for a decline in clam harvesting. Scientists have not found a way to ...
European green crab from Atlantic coasts of Europe and Northern Africa; Chinese mitten crab from the coastal rivers and estuaries of the Yellow Sea; Japanese shore crab from Japan; Orconectes virilis (virile crayfish) native to North America, but now widespread outside its normal habitat