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SpeciesDecapodaCarcinidae
Arthropods

🦀European green crab

Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)

普通濱蟹(學名:Carcinus maenas),又名美娜斯濱蟹或三葉真蟹,是濱海帶很普遍的蟹。它們原產於東北大西洋及波羅的海,但進佔到相似環境的澳洲、南非、南美洲及北美洲的大西洋和太平洋海岸。它們闊9厘米,吃多種軟體動物、蠕蟲及細小的甲殼類,對多種漁業潛藏影響。國際自然保護聯盟物種存續委員會的入侵物種專家小組(ISSG)列為世界百大外來入侵種。

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Also called
Carcinus maenas, Common shore crab
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Carcinus maenas yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
7 years
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Everything we know about the European green crab

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Maximum lifespan
7 yearsmaximum recorded
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Carapace length
0.04 mtypical adult, carapace length
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

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  • 0.06 mSeaLifeBasev25.04

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strandkrabbe (nb), strandkrab (nl), rantataskurapu (fi), Carcinus maenas (pt), 普通濱蟹 (zh), Raczyniec jadalny (pl) … and 16 more languages
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