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Asian Shore Crab

Hemigrapsus sanguineus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 192, February 142, March 222, April 349, May 503, June 549, July 587, August 505, September 371, October 277, November 151, December 118.
United States9,568
Alaska3,965
Massachusetts1,754
New York986
Rhode Island558
Connecticut522
New Jersey470
Maine455
New Hampshire176
Netherlands155

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyVarunid crabs · Varunidae
GenusHemigrapsus

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