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European Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

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green crab

Carcinus maenas
turtles2penguins
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European Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

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Comments (3)
LarryGraziano
Nice spotting Mark. I have edited your spotting to reflect that it is an arthropod.
turtles2penguins
You can tell because it has 5 spines on both sides of its eyes. 5 = green
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PublishedOctober 16, 2014

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