Specimen J 8951 Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Collection Names

  Lidth de Jeude Collection

• Taxon Name

  Carcinus maenas

• Author and date of publication

  (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Preferred Common name

  European Shore Crab

• Other Common Names

  Green Shore Crab, European Green Crab, Green Crab

• Date Identified

  1980

• Identified By

  Dr Gary C. Poore - Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  2

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Arthropoda

• Subphylum

  Crustacea

• Superclass

  Multicrustacea

• Class

  Malacostraca

• Subclass

  Eumalacostraca

• Superorder

  Eucarida

• Order

  Decapoda

• Suborder

  Pleocyemata

• Infraorder

  Brachyura

• Family

  Portunidae

• Subfamily

  Carcininae

• Genus

  Carcinus

• Species Name

  maenas