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Carcinus maenas
(Shore Crab)

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(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Shore Crab)

Date:	25 April 2008
OS grid ref:	SZ08
Lat/Lon:	50° 40' N, 1° 60' W
Location:	Vice County: Dorset, VC9, England
Stage or state:	Dead animal
Record Summary:	dead carapace washed up on beach after storm
Identification Notes:	Carapace width: 48.4mm. Two tubeworms (Pomatoceros triqueter) have made their homes on the shell.

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