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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 ] It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea , but has colonised similar habitats in Australia, South Africa, South America and both ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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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 ...
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Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab, and an important invasive species, listed among the 100 "world's worst alien invasive species".Although native to the Baltic Sea, North Sea and north-east Atlantic Ocean, it has since become established on both east and west coasts of North America, in Argentina, South Africa and Australia.