- Carcinus
Taxobox
name = "Carcinus"
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Carcinus maenas "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Malacostraca
ordo =Decapoda
familia =Portunidae
genus = "Carcinus"
genus_authority = Leach, 1814
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = "Carcinus aestuarii " Nardo, 1847
"Carcinus maenas " (Linnaeus, 1758)"Carcinus" ( _el. Καρκίνος "
Karkinos ") is agenus ofcrab s, which includes the European shore crab, an importantinvasive species , and "C. aestuarii", a species endemic to theMediterranean Sea .
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