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Carcinus maenas
(Shore Crab)

Carcinus maenas
is also a member of:

Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Shore Crab)

Date:	1 July 2008
OS grid ref:	TA08
Lat/Lon:	54° 20' N, 0° 20' W
Location:	Vice County: North-east Yorkshire, VC62, England
Stage or state:	Female (live)
Record Summary:	Female, under large pebble in rock pool

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