(Gould, 1841)

Description:
Carapace flat, with four teeth on anterolateral edge. Chelae smooth.
This crab was originally discovered in The Netherlands in 1874 but was later found to be identical with an American species; presumably it was introduced.

Size:
Carapace length up to 23 mm.

Habitat:
This species is found in estuaries, occasionally wandering into fresh water.

Distribution:
This North American species is now found from the Seine to the Baltic, but not in Britain.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Subclass Malacostraca
Superorder Eucarida
Order Decapoda
Suborder Pleocyemata
Infraorder Brachyura
Family Xanthidae
Genus Rhithropanopeus
Species harrisii

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Pilumnus harrisii Gould, 1841
Pilumnus tridentatus Maitland, 1874
Heteropanope tridentata De Man, 1892
Pilumnopeus tridentatus Balss, 1933
Rhithropanopeus harrisii tridentatus Buitendijk & Holthuis, 1949

Moyse, J., & G. Smaldon, 1990. Crustacea III: Malacostraca Eucarida. In: The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe (eds. Hayward and Ryland, 1990). Clarendon Press, Oxford.

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