Carcinus maenas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab, and an important invasive species. It is listed among the 100 "world's worst invasive types of invasive species" . C. maenas is known by different names...
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The European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) is a small shore crab. Its native distribution is the Atlantic coasts of Europe and Northern Africa, from Norway and the British isles south to Mauritania. They are generally found in areas with protected rocky shores and cobbles to sand flats and tidal marshes.
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The recent rapid expansion of the European green crab's range in the Canadian Maritimes had biologists wondering if global warming or an adaptation to cold was responsible. ... The green crab has long been a resident of North America. A native of Europe, it was probably released among the ballast rocks of ships crossing...
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The adult green crab Carcinus maenas (L.) is a euryhaline species that exhibits the ability of effective hyperosmoregulation in habitats of low and/or fluctuating salinity (Theede, 1969 ;
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In crab I juveniles and adults, Na+/K+-ATPase was noted in the three most posterior pairs of gills, but lacking in anterior gills. Ionocytes could first be recognized in filaments of megalopal posterior gills, persisting through subsequent stages at the same location.
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This category is for questions about an animal's visible muscular activity that constitutes behavior, as well as the proximate and ultimate causes. ... New questions | All unanswered questions ... ; What are a moose's adaptations?
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Host specificity of Sacculina carcini, a potential biological control agent of the introduced European green crab Carcinus maenas in California; Jeffrey H.R. Goddard1, Mark E. Torchin2, The European green crab, Carcinus maenas, is an introduced marine predator established on the west coast of North America.
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The level of genetic variability can be important for new adaptations and potential spread into new areas. At present, little information is available about potential ecological effects of the introduced crab species into the Barents Sea region. ... Key Words: European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, Oregon, invasion...
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THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEAN GREEN CRAB, CARCINUS MAENAS, IN OREGON ESTUARIES S. Behrens Yamada1, C. Hunt2, and N. Richmond3 1Zoology Department, Oregon State University; 2Battelle, Duxbury, MA; and 3Oregon Dept. ... Key Words: European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, Oregon, invasion...
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