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title: "Strandkrab"
description: "Carcinus maenas — Andere dieren. Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/european-green-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Strandkrab

> Carcinus maenas — Andere dieren. Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab.

- Scientific name: *Carcinus maenas*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 44638
- Wikidata: [Q27779](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27779)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52523](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52523)

## Names

- en: European Green Crab
- de: Gemeine Strandkrabbe
- es: Cangrejo verde europeo
- fr: Crabe vert
- nl: Strandkrab
- pl: Raczyniec jadalny

## Countries with the most observations

US (12175), GB (9935), CA (4975), FR (3541), NL (1781), DE (1707), DK (1687), PT (1307), AU (1003), IE (949), ES (928), NO (672)

## Summary

Carcinus maenas is a common littoral crab. It is known by different names around the world. In the British Isles, it is generally referred to as the shore crab or green shore crab. In North America and South Africa, it bears the name European green crab. The European Green Crab is native to Europe and North Africa.
Carcinus maenas is a widespread invasive species, listed among the 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species. It is native to the north-east Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea, but has colonised similar habitats in Australia, South Africa, South America, and both Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinus_maenas

## Photo

![Strandkrab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-green-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Haley Gladitsch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183003474

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-green-crab?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).