Specimen ID | 4365 |
Group | Crustaceans-Crabs |
Genus | Carcinus |
Species | maenas |
Common Name | green crab |
State | ME |
Locality | coastal Maine |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Maine Coastal |
HUC8 Number | 01050002 |
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Collection Year | 1955 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | shipping ballast water |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 1836 |
Author: | Maryland Sea Grant. |
Date: | 1996 |
Title: | An endless invasion? Green crabs, New England invaders, move west. |
Journal: | Maryland Marine Notes |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 1-5 |
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Comments | arrived in Maine in 1950s (from spread northward); dramatic declines in the soft clam fishery |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Marine |