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Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

Female crab carrying eggs.

Habitat:

Found under a boulder in a tidepool at the beach during low tide

Notes:

I encouraged it to swim into a clear container and discovered it had eggs

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Carcinus maenas

Species ID Suggestions

Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

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Christine Y.
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Comments (2)
Machi
Thanks Christine. I have seen younger ones and I assumed they were all as green as those ones. Thanks for the ID!
Christine Y.
Nice find! I love the shot of the eggs! Looks like a Green Crab - Carcinus maenas. It has 5 teeth on each side of its carapace and 3 bumpy, rounded lobes between the eyes.

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Coastal Wildlife of Northeastern U.S.
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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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BioBlitz, Maine
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New England Arthropods
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PublishedMay 17, 2016

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