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Pacific penicillatus (De Haan, 1835) Crustacea: : Brachyura: 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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