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Carcinus maenas   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Green crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Carcinus maenas

Panama country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Panama but it is not clear if it has already established (Ref. 114113). It apparently did not successfully establish in the wild in the Pacific coast of Panama (Ref. 125868).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Thresher, R., C. Proctor, G. Ruiz, R. Gurney, C. MacKinnon, W. Walton, L. Rodriguez and N. Bax, 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Cangrejo verde, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Carcinidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

; saumâtre; profondeur 0 - 200 m (Ref. 2779), usually 0 - 6 m (Ref. 114208).   Subtropical; -1°C - 22°C (Ref. 114208), preferred 12°C (Ref. 107945); 70°N - 22°N, 20°W - 19°E (Ref. 114232)

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic: From Great Britain north to Iceland, the North Sea and Norway, south to Portugal and Spain to Mauritania. Introduced and established in North America, South Africa (Cape Town), and Australia. Introduced but not established in Panama, Brazil, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Myanmar, Japan and Hawaii. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?, range 1 - 4.5 cm Max length : 6.0 cm CL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 435); common length : 4.0 cm CL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 435); âge max. reporté: 7 années (Ref. 128193)

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Usually found in eelgrass beds (Ref. 128717). Maximum carapace width: 7.7 cm; commonly 5 cm wide. Inhabits shallow water from the intertidal area down to 200 m. Lives under stones, on muddy or muddy sand bottoms, or hard bottom, etc. Also inhabits brackish lagoons (Ref. 2779), and eelgrass beds (Ref. 128717).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833). Berried females migrate from littoral areas to more saline and deeper water (8-10 m) until hatching of eggs; afterwhich, they go back to moult and copulate (Ref. 128197). Larger females can breed twice or thrice annually (Ref. 128203).

Référence principale Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.). 1981. (Ref. 435)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Non évalué 

statut CITES (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial
FAO - pêcheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Outils

E-book | Guide de terrain

Sources Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pêcheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Arbre de Vie | Wikipedia (Go, chercher) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7 - 12.7, mean 9.6 (based on 453 cells).
Vulnérabilité (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Very high.