Carcinus maenas, Green crab : fisheries
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Carcinus maenas   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Green crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Klassificering / Namn Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Carcinidae

Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde Ekologi

Benthic; brackvatten; djupintervall 0 - 200 m (Ref. 2779), usually 0 - 6 m (Ref. 114208).  Subtropical; -1°C - 22°C (Ref. 114208), preferred 12°C (Ref. 107945); 70°N - 22°N, 20°W - 19°E (Ref. 114232)

Utbredning Territories | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Atlantic: From Great Britain north to Iceland, the North Sea and Norway, south to Portugal and Spain to Mauritania. Introduced and established in North America, South Africa (Cape Town), and Australia. Introduced but not established in Panama, Brazil, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Myanmar, Japan and Hawaii. Subtropical to polar.

Längd vid första mognad / Storlek / Vikt / Ålder

Könsmognad: Lm ?, range 1 - 4.5 cm Max length : 6.0 cm CL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 435); common length : 4.0 cm CL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 435); rapporterad maxålder: 7 år (Ref. 128193)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthisk)

Usually found in eelgrass beds (Ref. 128717). Maximum carapace width: 7.7 cm; commonly 5 cm wide. Inhabits shallow water from the intertidal area down to 200 m. Lives under stones, on muddy or muddy sand bottoms, or hard bottom, etc. Also inhabits brackish lagoons (Ref. 2779), and eelgrass beds (Ref. 128717).

Livscykel och parningsbeteende Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer (Ref. 833). Berried females migrate from littoral areas to more saline and deeper water (8-10 m) until hatching of eggs; afterwhich, they go back to moult and copulate (Ref. 128197). Larger females can breed twice or thrice annually (Ref. 128203).

Huvudreferens referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) 1981 True Crabs. 6: pag.var. In FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic (fishing areas 34, 47; in part). Canada Funds-in-Trust. Ottawa, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, by arrangement with the Food and AgriculturesOrganization of the United Nations, 1-7: pag.var. (Ref. 435)

Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))


CITES-status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Hot mot människor

Mänskliga användningsområden

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Ytterligare information

Ekologi
Populationsdynamik
Tillväxt
Max. åldrar / storlekar
Längd-vikt rel.
Längd-längd rel.
Längd-frekvenser
Massakonvertering
Abundans
Livscykel
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Fekunditet
Lek
Ägg
Utveckling av ägg
Larver
Fysiologi
Syreförbrukning
Människorelaterad
Frimärken, mynt, diverse.
Uppsökande verksamhet
Taxonomi
referenser

Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - fiskeri: landings search; Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (Genom, nukleotid) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoologiskt register

Uppskattningar baserade på modeller

Sårbarhet i fisket
(Ref. 71543)
Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
Sårbarhet för klimatet
(Ref. 125649)
Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100)
Priskategori
(Ref. 80766):
Very high.
Nutrients
Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.