European Green Crab

carcinus maenas

The European Green Crab is a small, colorful crab found in coastal waters. It has a lively personality and loves to scuttle around the rocks and sand!

Hábitat: Coastal waters, rocky shores, and sandy beaches.

Aspecto

The European Green Crab has a mottled green to dark brown carapace, often with orange or yellow on its underside. It is distinctly identified by five sharp spines on each side of its shell behind its eyes, making it look rugged.

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European Green Crab

Categoría

Invertebrate

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

A female European Green Crab can lay up to 200,000 eggs at once!

Believe it or not, these crabs can hold their breath for hours out of water!

Their stalked eyes can see almost all around them, even behind them! Wow!

They can walk in all directions, but mostly scuttle sideways really fast!

Habilidades especiales

European Green Crab can live in fresh, brackish, and salty waters that helps them thrive in diverse coastal habitats.

European Green Crab can survive in icy cold or warm waters because of its adaptable physiology, helping them colonize new areas.

European Green Crab has powerful claws that helps them open tough shells of prey and defend against predators.

European Green Crab can regrow lost limbs, like claws or legs, because of their amazing regenerative abilities.

Medidas y detalles

Carapace Width: 10 cm
Peso: 70 g
Esperanza de vida: 5 años

Dieta y alimentación

These omnivorous crabs eat almost anything smaller than themselves, from shellfish to algae.

Alimentos principales

clams
mussels
worms
small crustaceans
algae
fish larvae

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

blue mussel

Mytilus edulis

A primary food source, often outcompeting native predators.

eats

Eastern oyster

Crassostrea virginica

Preys on juvenile oysters, impacting shellfish aquaculture.

eats

sandworm

Nereis virens

Consumes various marine worms found in soft sediments.

eaten by

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Large seabirds often prey on smaller crabs in intertidal zones.

eaten by

Atlantic cod

Gadus morhua

Cod will consume smaller or juvenile green crabs if available.

Rasgos

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.