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Carcinus
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Subfamily Carcininae
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Depth range based on 1777 specimens in 3 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 63 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): -3 - 113
Temperature range (°C): 8.938 - 12.348
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.283 - 16.868
Salinity (PPS): 22.343 - 35.363
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.069 - 7.118
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.312 - 0.890
Silicate (umol/l): 2.147 - 11.419
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): -3 - 113
Temperature range (°C): 8.938 - 12.348
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.283 - 16.868
Salinity (PPS): 22.343 - 35.363
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.069 - 7.118
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.312 - 0.890
Silicate (umol/l): 2.147 - 11.419
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Carcinus is prey of:
Aves
Somateria
Arenaria interpres
Laridae
Tautogolabrus
Actinopterygii
Mammalia
Based on studies in:
Ireland (River)
USA: Maine, Gulf of Maine (Littoral, Rocky shore)
Scotland, Ythan estuary (Estuarine)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- H. Milne and G. M. Dunnet, Standing crop, productivity and trophic relations of the fauna of the Ythan estuary. In: The Estuarine Environment, R. S. K. Barnes and J. Green, Eds. (Applied Science Publications, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1972), pp. 86-106, from
- D. C. Edwards, D. O. Conover, F. Sutter, Mobile predators and the structure of marine intertidal communities, Ecology 63(4):1175-1180, from p. 1178 (1982).
- J. A. Kitching and F. J. Ebling, Ecological studies at Lough Ine, Adv. Ecol. Res. 4:197-291, from p. 288 (1967).
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Carcinus preys on:
Paracentrotus
detritus
Mytilus
Balanus
Littorina
Thais
Based on studies in:
Ireland (River)
Scotland, Ythan estuary (Estuarine)
USA: Maine, Gulf of Maine (Littoral, Rocky shore)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- H. Milne and G. M. Dunnet, Standing crop, productivity and trophic relations of the fauna of the Ythan estuary. In: The Estuarine Environment, R. S. K. Barnes and J. Green, Eds. (Applied Science Publications, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1972), pp. 86-106, from
- D. C. Edwards, D. O. Conover, F. Sutter, Mobile predators and the structure of marine intertidal communities, Ecology 63(4):1175-1180, from p. 1178 (1982).
- J. A. Kitching and F. J. Ebling, Ecological studies at Lough Ine, Adv. Ecol. Res. 4:197-291, from p. 288 (1967).
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:385
Specimens with Sequences:359
Specimens with Barcodes:262
Species:2
Species With Barcodes:2
Public Records:305
Public Species:2
Public BINs:3
Carcinus (Greek: Καρκίνος Karkinos) is a genus of crabs, which includes Carcinus maenas, an important invasive species, and C. aestuarii, a species endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.[1]
Carcinus maenas[edit source | edit]
Carcinus maenas is among the 100 "world's worst alien invasive species". It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea, but has colonised similar habitats in Australia, South Africa, South America and both Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America. It grows to a carapace width of 90 millimetres (3.5 in), and feeds on a variety of molluscs, worms and small crustaceans, potentially impacting a number of fisheries. Its successful dispersion has occurred via a variety of mechanisms, such as on ships' hulls, packing materials, bivalves moved for aquaculture, and rafting.
C. maenas is known by different names around the world. In the British Isles, it is generally referred to simply as the shore crab. In North America and South Africa, it bears the name green crab or European green crab. In Australia and New Zealand, it is referred to as either the European green crab or European shore crab.
Carcinus aestuarii[edit source | edit]
Carcinus aestuarii is a native to the Mediterranean Sea. It is very similar to C. maenas, and is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of C. maenas rather than a species in its own right. The two taxa can be distinguished by the front of the carapace, between the eyes, which is short and toothed in C. maenas, but longer and smoother in C. aestuarii. Unlike C. maenas, C. aestuarii has only been implicated in one invasion; the coastline of Japan has been invaded by either C. aestuarii or a hybrid of C. aestuarii and C. maenas.
References[edit source | edit]
- ^ a b Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286.
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