Tags: Crustacean.
Shore crab redirects here. This may also be used for crabs in the superfamily Grapsoidea.Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab and an important invasive species listed among the 100 world’s worst alien invasive species. It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea but has colonised similar habitats in Australia South Africa South America and both Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
