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Carcinus maenas
(green crab)
Crustaceans-Crabs
Exotic to United States


Specimen ID155579
GroupCrustaceans-Crabs
GenusCarcinus
Speciesmaenas
Common Namegreen crab
StateRI
CountyWashington
LocalityNarragansett Bay, Point Judith
HUC8 NameNarragansett
HUC8 Number1090004
Latitude41.3612137
Longitude-71.48061
Lat-Long SourceGNIS
Lat-Long Accuracyaccurate
Map
Year1998
Year Accuracy (Specimen)Actual
Contact[not displayed for privacy reasons]
Primary Pathwayshipping
Statusestablished
Reference #1
Ref. Number13206
AuthorWhitlatch, R. B. and R. W. Osman
date2000
titleGeographical distributions and organism-habitat associations of shallow-water introduced marine fauna in New England
publisherJ. Pederson (ed.). Marine Bioinvasions. Proceedings of the First National Conference. MIT SeaGrant Program. 00-2.
pages61-65
Record TypeLiterature
Fresh/Marine IntroductionFreshwater





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