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Pacific Crab Hemigrapsus penicillatus (De Haan, 1835) Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae Status Exotic (absent from Australia)
Other Common Names None Listed
Scientific Synonyms None Listed
Host Types Marine
Distribution - Regions Europe and Northern Asia South and South-East Asia USA and Canada
Distribution - Notes
Diagnostic Characters: Description: similar to Hemigrapsus sanguineus but the male has a tuft of hairs at the base of the dactylus rather than a fleshy bulb, the suborbital ridge of the carapce is smooth and in three unequal parts
Broad Sweep Marine
Commodity Marine
Specifics
Specimen Contact Point [email protected]
Name Gary Poore
Web links None Listed
Padil links Purple Mottled Shore Crab Japanese Shore Crab Mottled Shore Crab Four-Toothed Shore Crab
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References Poore, G.C.B. 2004. Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia. A guide to identification (with chapter on Stomatopoda by Shane Ahyong). CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. 574 pp.
Acknowledgements
Citation Dane, E. & Poore, G.C.B. (2008) Pacific Crab (Hemigrapsus penicillatus) Pest and Diseases Image Library. Updated on 12/06/2008 11:27:12 AM. Available online: http://www.padil.gov.au
Last Updated 12/06/2008 11:27:12 AM
Diagnostic Images
Anterior body appendages
Caption: Cheliped of Hemigrapsus penicillatus, showing tuft of hair at base of dactylus
Source: Filip Nuyttens, Filip Nuyttens
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Caption: Ventral view of Hemigrapsus penicillatus.
Source: Filip Nuyttens, Filip Nuyttens
Overview Images
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Dorsal
Caption: Dorsal view of Hemigrapsus penicillatus, partially covered with barnacles and bryozoans.
Source: Filip Nuyttens, Filip Nuyttens
Full size images available at http://www.padil.gov.au.
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