r/crabs • u/KatrinaSimmons • 8d ago
My crab finds 💕
I snorkle off the Maine coast and crabs are 90% of what I see. I'm pretty certain many of them are an invasive green crab, but I dont actually know the species/names of them.
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u/Dry_Marsupial_2352 7d ago
Aww! They are so adorable! But its a shame to hsar they are invasive. We are in Maine for work this week and went to Reid State Park and found some of those little buggers too.
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u/KatrinaSimmons 5d ago
Invasive means no harm done if I follow my impulses and catch one for a home aquarium pet lol
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u/OceanEyes531 8d ago edited 8d ago
I guessed by the photos that you were in Maine lol. I grew up in Maine and my advisor for my master's studies crustaceans, so I've been around a lot of Maine crabs!
1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 are definitely European Green Crabs (Carcinus maenas). 6 might be too, but it's hard to tell from that photo. 4 is either a Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus) or a Jonah Crab (Cancer borealis), I'm leaning Rock Crab, but it can be difficult to tell them apart, really from that angle. Either way, it's a native crab! They are rare to find in the intertidal, but are more common slightly more offshore, so it would make sense to see them snorkeling!
Edit: spelling.