Distribution

This is the current known distribution of Carcinus maenas based on occurrence data in the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, as well as distribution records in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Invasiveness

According to WoRMS, Carcinus maenas is reported to be invasive or of concern in the following areas:

Locality	Establishment	Invasiveness
Australian part of the Great Australian Bight	alien	invasive
United States Exclusive Economic Zone	alien	invasive
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean	alien	invasive
Australia	alien	invasive
Australian part of the Bass Strait	alien	invasive
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean	alien	invasive
Australian part of the Tasman Sea	alien	invasive
Australian part of the Bass Strait	alien	of_concern
Table Bay	alien	invasive
Hout Bay	alien	invasive
Canadian part of the Gulf of St-Lawrence	alien	invasive
Canadian part of the The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia	alien	invasive
Canadian part of the North Pacific Ocean	alien	invasive

Recent detections

	Taxon	Area	Confidence	Best hit	Reads	Names	Risk	Status	Detected	Marker
No alerts found.

Risk analyses

Area-specific risk analyses for Carcinus maenas are listed below.

	Taxon	Area	Native	Introduced	Invasive	Global impact	Thermal	Priority list	Level
	Carcinus maenas Arthropoda > Malacostraca > Carcinidae WoRMS: 107381 GISD: 114 CABI: 90475	Fiji						priority	high

Priority lists

Carcinus maenas is included in the following priority lists.

Name	URL	Species	Areas
The Australian Priority Marine Pest List	https://www.marinepests.gov.au/what-we-do/apmpl	7	Fiji