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Japanese Shore Crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (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 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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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 (Hemigrapsus sanguineus) 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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