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Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
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'Malacostraca podophthalmata Britanniae
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Malacostraca
order
Decapoda
family
Carcinidae
genus
Carcinus
species
Carcinus maenas

Name

Synonyms
Cancer granarius Herbst, 1783
Cancer granulatus Say, 1817
Cancer maenas Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer pygmeus Fabricius, 1787
Cancer rhomboidalis Montagu, 1804
Cancer viridis Herbst, 1783
Carcinides maenas Rathbun, 1897
Carcinus granulatus Smith, 1857
Carcinus moenas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Megalopa montagui Leach, 1817
Portunus carcinoides Kinahan, 1857
Homonyms
Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Almindelig strandkrabbe in Danish
European green crab in language.
European shore crab in language.
European shore-crab in English
Green crab in language.
Strandkrabbe in German
Strandkrabbe in Danish
Strandkrabbe in German
Strandkrabbe in language.
almindelig strandkrabbe in Danish
cangrejo de mar común in Spanish
cangrejo verde europeo in Spanish
common shore crab in English
crabe enragé in French
crabe vert in French
gemeine Strandkrabbe in German
gewone krab in Dutch
gewone strandkrab in Dutch
green crab in English
green crab in language.
green crab in English
green shore crab in English
harbour crab in English
landkrab in Dutch
le crabe enragé in language.
le crabe vert in language.
le crabe vert Europeén in language.
rantataskurapu in Finnish
shore crab in language.
shore crab in English
strandkrab in Dutch
strandkrabba in Swedish
Strandkrab in Dutch
green crab in English
green crab in English
strandkrab in Dutch
strandkrab in Dutch
strandkrabba in Swedish
European shore-crab in English
European shore-crab in English
Gewone krab in Dutch
Gewone strandkrab in Dutch
Nordatlantik-Strandkrabbe in German
Nordatlantik-Strandkrabbe in German
North Atlantic shore crab in English
North Atlantic shore crab in English
Strandkrabbe in German
Strandkrabbe in German
almindelig strandkrabbe in Danish
almindelig strandkrabbe in Danish

Bibliographic References

  1. Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991) De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]: Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp.
  2. Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. <em>Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp.
  3. Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. <em>Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp.
  4. Anna Karlsson (Decapoda) (2004) [Titel saknas]
  5. Crosnier, A. (1962) Faune de Madagascar. XVI Crustaces Decapodes: Portunidae.
  6. Crosnier, A. (1962). Faune de Madagascar. XVI Crustaces Decapodes: Portunidae. <em>Faune de Madagascar.</em> 16: 1-154, pls. 1-13.
  7. Crosnier, A. (1962). Faune de Madagascar. XVI Crustaces Decapodes: Portunidae. <em>Faune de Madagascar.</em> 16: 1-154, pls. 1-13.
  8. Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
  9. Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
  10. Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999) Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
  11. Holthuis, L.B. & Heerebout, G.R. (1986)
  12. Ingle, R.W. (1983)
  13. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  14. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  15. Nizinski, Martha S., 2003: Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 116, no. 1. 96-157.
  16. North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
  17. PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
  18. Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf
  19. Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324.
  20. Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324.
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