Animalia: Arthropoda: Malacostraca: Decapoda: Portunidae: Carcinus: Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)

The European green crab is an invasive species from the North Atlantic coast of Europe and North Africa, first found in Canadian waters in 1951 in New Brunswick and has since spread all over Atlantic Canada. It is a part of the order Decapoda which include more than 8,000 species of crustaceans including shrimp, lobsters, crayfish, hermit crabs and crabs. Continue reading “19/150: Invasive Species Awareness on Crab Appreciation Day” →