Carcinus maenas — Common names

European Green Crab learn more about names for this taxon

Many people know organisms only by the common names, or "vernacular" names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. This tab shows all the common names provided to EOL for this organism from a variety of providers, including EOL curators. Currently we can only set one preferred common name per language on a given EOL page, but all the names should be searchable.

Common names listed by language

Preferred marks the preferred name for each language.

English

Name Sources Status
Common Shore Crab MarLIN resource, Monthly ARKive text import , NCBI Taxonomy, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
European Green Crab Leo Shapiro Trusted
European Shore Crab uBio Trusted
European Shore-crab World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Green Crab Animal Diversity Web Descriptions, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), NCBI Taxonomy, NatureServe resource, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Green Shore Crab World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Harbour Crab World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Shore Crab World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

Danish

Name Sources Status
Almindelig strandkrabbe World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Strandkrabbe World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

Dutch

Name Sources Status
gewone krab World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Gewone strandkrab Unknown, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
landkrab World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Strandkrab World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

Finnish

Name Sources Status
rantataskurapu World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

French

Name Sources Status
crabe enragé World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Crabe européen uBio Trusted
Crabe vert World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

German

Name Sources Status
Dwarslöper Josefin Stiller Trusted
gemeine Standkrabbe World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Gemeine Strandkrabbe World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Strandkrabbe Unknown, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

Italian

Name Sources Status
Granchio comune uBio Trusted
Granchio ripario uBio Trusted

Portuguese

Name Sources Status
Cangrejo verde uBio Trusted
Cangrexo uBio Trusted
caranguejo uBio Trusted

Spanish

Name Sources Status
Cangrejo atlántico uBio Trusted
cangrejo de mar común World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Cangrejo verde uBio Trusted
cangrejo verde europeo World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Jaiba verde uBio Trusted

Swedish

Name Sources Status
Strandkrabba World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

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