| Specimen ID | 4778 |
| Group | Crustaceans-Crabs |
| Genus | Hemigrapsus |
| Species | sanguineus |
| Common Name | Asian shore crab |
| State | NJ |
| County | Cape May |
| Locality | Atlantic Ocean in a high intertidal region of a rock-fill at the southern end of the Townsends Inlet Bridge in Cape May County |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Great Egg Harbor |
| HUC8 Number | 02040302 |
| HUC10 Name | Great Egg Harbor Bay-Barrier Islands |
| HUC10 Number | 0204030204 |
| HUC12 Name | Townsend Channel-Townsends Inlet |
| HUC12 Number | 020403020406 |
| Map | |
| Collection Month | 8 |
| Collection Year | 1988 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | shipping |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 9296 |
| Author: | McDermott, J.J. |
| Date: | 1991 |
| Title: | A breeding population of the western Pacific crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Grapsidae) established on the Atlantic coast of North America. |
| Journal: | Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole) |
| Volume: | 181 |
| Pages: | 195-198 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 9293 |
| Author: | McDermott, John, J. |
| Date: | 1998 |
| Title: | The western Pacific brachyuran (Hemigrapsus sanguineus: Grapsidae), in its new habitat along the Atlantic coast of the United States: geographic distribution and ecology. |
| Journal: | ICES Journal of Marine Science |
| Volume: | 55 |
| Pages: | 289-298 |
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| Comments | Males, females, and y-o-y present. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Verifier | John J. McDermott |
| Freshwater/Marine | Brackish-Marine |
| Number Collected | many |
