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Carcinus maenas

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Green Crab

GNRUnranked Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.808276

Element CodeICMALD2010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumArthropoda

ClassMalacostraca

OrderDecapoda

FamilyPortunidae

GenusCarcinus

Synonyms

Cancer maenasLinnaeus, 1758

Other Common Names

Crabe vert (FR)

Concept Reference

McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, D. Cadien, A. C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L. G. Eldredge, D. L. Felder, J. W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R. W. Heard, E. A. Hendrycks, H. H. Hobbs III, J. R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D. R. Laubitz, S. E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R. F. Maddocks, J. W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W. A. Newman, R. M. Overstreet, W. J. Poly, W. W. Price, J. W. Reid, A. Robertson, D. C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F. Schram, C. Shih, L. Watling, G. D. F. Wilson, and D. D. Turgeon. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNA	No

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (3)

Alaska (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Duke	Tongass National Forest	45,091
Eudora	Tongass National Forest	195,022
Karta	Tongass National Forest	52,117

References (12)

Advisory List of Invasive Aquatic Species. 2002. Maine Department of Environmental Protection. In State of Maine Action Plan For Managing Invasive Aquatic Species. October 2002.
Carlton, J.T. 1997. Draft Marine Biological Invasions: An Annotated Check List. Unpublished data. Williams College-Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut. 4pp. In Massachusetts Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan, December 2002.
Carlton, J.T. 2004. A checklist of the introduced marine and estuarine organisms on the Coast of Maine, U.S.A. - a preliminary checklist. Maine Sea Grant. Unpublished Report.
Deacutis, C. F. and R.C. Ribb. 2002. Ballast Water and Introduced Species: Management Options for Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island. Narragansett Bay Estuary Program.
Frithsen, J.B. 1989. The Benthic Communities Within Narragansett Bay. Current Report # NBP-90-28, The Narragansett Bay Project.
Gould, L.L. 2006. RI Invasive List. Unpublished Document. Rhode Island Natural History Survey, Kingston, RI.
Invasive Species of Long Island Sound. Online Reference. University of Connecticut Sea Grant. http://www.seagrant.uconn.edu/INVID.HTM. Accessed 27 March 2006.
Maclellan, Jane. 2005. Draft Long Island Sound Invasive Species List (2005). Unpublished document. USFWS.
McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, D. Cadien, A. C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L. G. Eldredge, D. L. Felder, J. W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R. W. Heard, E. A. Hendrycks, H. H. Hobbs III, J. R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D. R. Laubitz, S. E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R. F. Maddocks, J. W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W. A. Newman, R. M. Overstreet, W. J. Poly, W. W. Price, J. W. Reid, A. Robertson, D. C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F. Schram, C. Shih, L. Watling, G. D. F. Wilson, and D. D. Turgeon. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp.
Rhode Island's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. 2005. Division of Fish and Widlife, State of RI Department of Environmental Management. 378 p.
Touchete, J. 2004. Invertebrate List. Rhode Island DEM Fish and Wildlife. Unpublished document, complied for SWG Program.
WoRMS Editorial Board. 2020. World Register of Marine Species. Available: http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ (accessed 12 Feb 2020)