234 ANIMALS OF THK SEASHORE 



Fig. 41 

 Carcinides maenas Linne 



Carcinides maenas Linne 



(Green Crab) 



Fig. 41 



About 2 inches long, slightly wider; character- 

 ized by five prominent teeth on. each side of the cara- 

 pace; color greenish with yellow spots above, paler 

 below. 



Principally a New England crab living in the 

 rock pools between the tides and in shallow water. 

 The southern limit appears to be South Carolina, 

 but it is rare south of Delaware Bay. In New Jersey 

 it frequents tide pools and shallow water and is 

 usually more common during the colder months. 



