Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab. 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.

The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is a globally damaging invasive species that poses a threat to native shellfish, eelgrass, and estuary habitat critical for salmon and many other species.

Carcinus maenas, commonly known as the green crab, has been listed as one of the ‘100 worst invasive species’. It is native to European coasts from Iceland and Norway to Mauritania, West Africa.

Carcinus maenas is found on all types of shore, from high water to depths of 60 m in the sublittoral, but it is predominantly a shore and shallow water species. It tolerates a wide range of salinities and is especially abundant in estuaries and salt marshes.

2023年6月21日 · The green crab, Carcinus maenas, is a widely distributed invasive species that eventually alters its new environment. It's assumed that such species have high genetic diversity, or a variety of characteristics allowing them to adapt and thrive.

Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab. 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.

Around the early eigh­teen hun­dreds the green crab was first seen on the At­lantic coast of North Amer­ica. The crab can now be found from rang­ing from as far north as Nova Sco­tia and to the south­ern state of Vir­ginia.

2008年5月29日 · This datasheet on Carcinus maenas covers Identity, Overview, Distribution, Dispersal, Diagnosis, Biology & Ecology, Environmental Requirements, Natural Enemies, Impacts, Uses, Prevention/Control, Further Information.

Reviewing studies from countries with established populations of the green crab, Grosholz and Ruiz (2002) noted that within its present range, C. maenas is often the most abundant crab species in soft-sediment bays and estuaries of Europe, Australia, and both coasts of …

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.