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Occurrence of Two East American Species of Crabs in European Waters

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RECENTLY, two species of crabs, widely distributed on the Atlantic coast of the United States of America, were found in Danish waters. Since there is a possibility that especially one of them may be living in Britain and elsewhere but has been overlooked, I report here some details of the recent and of previous finds of the two species.

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WOLFF, T. Occurrence of Two East American Species of Crabs in European Waters. Nature 174, 188–189 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174188a0

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