Yellow Rock Crab (Carcinus Maenas; Phylum Arthropods) - Kirby Cove 9/18/21

When I went down to Kirby beach near the camping site off of one of the trails in Kirby Cove, my brother found a deceased Yello Rock Crab. To get to the trail, one has to go off of Conzelman Road after the roundabout on the one way. Then to get to the beach, you have to go down the trail surrounded by abandoned bunkers, trees, and birds. My brother and the people we were with were trying to find pretty rocks and shells while I was taking pictures of other species. Once I was finished, I went over to them and saw that my brother had a crab in his hand. I asked him to hold it while I used the seek app to identify the crab species and found it is an introduced species with the scientific name Carcinus Maenas and part of the phylum Arthropods.

Posted on September 26, 2021 11:41 PM by