Common shore crab  (Carcinus maenas)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Order Decapoda
Family Portunidae
Genus Carcinus (1)
Size Carapace width: 80 mm (2)
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Status

Common and widespread (2).