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Warty Crab

Photo: @dinobiancolini · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC

Insects and other invertebrates

Warty Crab

Eriphia verrucosa

Observations in the area
2
Last sighting
7 July 2023
Category
Insects and other invertebrates
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The species

Eriphia verrucosa, sometimes called the warty crab or yellow crab, is a species of crab found in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from Brittany to Mauritania and the Azores. Individual crabs have been caught as far north as Cornwall. Formerly a frequent species in the Black Sea, it has decreased in numbers since the 1980s and is now listed in the Ukrainian Red Data Book of endangered species.

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Where it has been observed

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