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Common Name:
Japanese shore crab

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass:
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Grapsoidea
Family: Grapsidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Hodges No:

Location:
Dead Horse Bay
Brooklyn, NY
USA

Date: 7/2/05

Stage:
Sex:
Notes: Introduced from Asia

Hemigrapsus sanguineus Grapsidae
Japanese shore crab
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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