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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 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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