Carcinus maenas Common Littoral Crab, Asian Shore Crab, Green Crab

Carcinus maenas is commonly referred to as Common Littoral Crab, Asian Shore Crab, Green Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2600 

AphiaID:

107381 

Scientific:

Carcinus maenas 

German:

Gemeine Strandkrabbe 

English:

Common Littoral Crab, Asian Shore Crab, Green Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Carcinidae (Family) > Carcinus (Genus) > maenas (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Argentina, Australia, Bass Strait, Bay of Biscay, Belgium, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, China, Circumtropic, Corea, Danmark, Eastern Indian Ocean, European Coasts, France, Germany, Hawaii, Iceland, Invasive Species, Ireland, Japan, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Portugal, Scandinavia, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tasmania (Australia), the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, USA, Victoria (Australia), West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Australia 

Sea depth:

0 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Brackish water 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

44.6 °F - 53.6 °F (7°C - 12°C) 

Food:

omnivore 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Carcinus aestuarii
  Mittelmeer-Strandkrabbe
• 
  Carcinus maenas
  Gemeine Strandkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-09-29 14:29:34 

Last edit:

2022-09-01 19:21:38 

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