Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 28 911009 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
- Family
- 28 911 Carcinidae (swimmer crabs) - show full list
- Common Name
- European green crab
- Common Names List
- green crab
European shore crab
shore crab
European crab - Organism Type
- a crab
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Marine unspecified
Estuarine - Parent Codes
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28 911907
Carcinus spp.
- Taxon Notes
- This European species has been accidentally introduced into several areas in southern Australian waters.
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0551867b-9cb5-46d6-96b0-7c9875670cc5
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living AustraliaITIS (USA) 98734
View at ITISMuseum of Victoria 1658
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107381
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-01-11
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Record source
- Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. In: Wells, A. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia., 19.3B. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 641pp.
- Scientific Name verified against
- Spiridonov, V.A., Neretina, T.V., Schepetov, D., 2014. Morphological characterization and molecular phylogeny of Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea Brachyura): Implications for understanding evolution of swimming capacity and revision of the family-level classification., Zoologischer Anzeiger, Vol. 253: 404-429. . dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2014.03.003 doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2014.03.003