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Common Shore Crab

Carcinus maenas Linnaeus

Description:

Length up to 4 cm, occasionally larger.Carapace up to half as wide again as it is long.Carapace brown, olive or dark green above, green- yellow below.

Habitat:

On sandy and rocky shores and in shallow water.

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NéliaLeonardo
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NéliaLeonardo

Algarve, Portugal

Spotted on Aug 15, 2004
Submitted on Jan 2, 2012

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