#4453 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Brush-clawed Shore Crab

🇳🇱 Borstelkrab ·Hemigrapsus takanoi

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ondřej Radosta · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 4675 RB Sint Philipsland, Nederland:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Marjolein Vereijken · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Sint-Annaland, Nederland:© levi · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Den Osse - Nieuwe kerkweg:© Adrie Rolloos · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Jacobahaven, 4675 RB Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Hemigrapsus takanoi , the brush-clawed shore crab or Asian shore crab , is a small crab of the family Varunidae (formerly classified as Grapsidae) that lives on rocky shores surrounding the Pacific Ocean, and which is invasive along the European coastlines. This crab is omnivorous and eats small fish, invertebrates and algae.

base stats

NL sightings 163iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,029iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 163 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #18 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
1,029 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 2005 (21 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.