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Japanese Shore sanguineus (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 Mediterranean Basin South and South-East Asia USA and Canada

Distribution - Notes

Diagnostic Characters: Description: a wide, square carapace with three spines on each side, males have a distinctive fleshy, bulb-like structure at the base of the dactylus of the cheliped, there is finely striated ridge under the eye and lateral margin;

Size: to 30 mm wide;

Colour: variable - green, purple, orange-brown, red, with bands along its legs and red spots on the cheliped claws.

Broad Sweep Marine

Commodity Marine

Specifics

Specimen Contact Point [email protected]

Name Gary Poore

Web links None Listed

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Padil links Purple Mottled Shore Crab Pacific Crab Mottled Shore Crab Four-Toothed Shore Crab

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) Japanese Shore Crab () Pest and Diseases Image Library. Updated on 12/06/2008 11:28:06 AM. Available online: http://www.padil.gov.au

Last Updated 12/06/2008 11:28:06 AM

Diagnostic Images

Anterior body appendages

Caption: Cheliped of Hemigrapsus sanguineus, showing fleshy bulb at base of dactylus.

Source: Filip Nuyttens, Filip Nuyttens

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Caption: Ventral view of Hemigrapsus sanguineus.

Source: Filip Nuyttens, Filip Nuyttens

Overview Images

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Dorsal

Caption: Dorsal view of Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Source: Filip Nuyttens, Filip Nuyttens

Full size images available at http://www.padil.gov.au.

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