Specimen ID | 1697368 |
Group | Crustaceans-Crabs |
Genus | Carcinus |
Species | maenas |
Common Name | green crab |
State | AK |
Locality | Beaches of Metlakatla |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Ketchikan |
HUC8 Number | 19010102 |
HUC10 Name | Bostwick Inlet-Frontal Nichols Passage |
HUC10 Number | 1901010207 |
HUC12 Name | Port Chester-Frontal Nichols Passage |
HUC12 Number | 190101020704 |
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Collection Month | 7 |
Collection Year | 2022 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | dispersed current |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 38229 |
Author: | Miller, R. |
Date: | 2022 |
Title: | For the first time, live invasive green crabs have been found in Alaska |
Publisher: | Alaska Public Media |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 39069 |
Author: | Miller, R. |
Date: | 2022 |
Title: | Months after first sighting, Metlakatla is now catching dozens of invasive green crabs a day |
Publisher: | KRBD |
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Comments | Dead crabs found earlier in the month; subsequent searches led to discovery of live crabs |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | state |
Verifier | Metlakatla Division of Fish and Wildlife |
Freshwater/Marine | Marine |
Number Collected | 13 |