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  • Oh! then you will be happier than those spinning-tops who call Carcinus their father.

    Peace 2000

  • Of these signs some are congenital, like the 'lance-head which the Earth-born have on them', or 'stars', such as Carcinus brings in in his _Thyestes_; others acquired after birth -- these latter being either marks on the body, e.g. scars, or external tokens, like necklaces, or to take another sort of instance, the ark in the Discovery in _Tyro_.

    Poetics. English 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle 1911

  • The possible factors include predation by the crab Carcinus maenas, increase in sea water temperatures and a long-term increase in nutrients.

    Archive 2009-04-01 AYDIN 2009

  • The usual assortment of crustacean remains, including Carcinus maenas, Cancer irroratus, and Callinectes sapidus.

    "While my feet are the trunks and my head is the canopy, high..." greygirlbeast 2009

  • He is also engaged in research on invasion genetics, focused on the global invader, the European green crab (Carcinus maenas).

    Contributor: Joe Roman 2010

  • The crabs were Carcinus maenas, the European green crab.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • The crabs were Carcinus maenas, the European green crab.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • The crabs were Carcinus maenas, the European green crab.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • The possible factors include predation by the crab Carcinus maenas, increase in sea water temperatures and a long-term increase in nutrients.

    An intertidal snail increases in size since the early 20th century AYDIN 2009

  • The discarded shell belonged to Carcinus maenas -- the Atlantic green crab, a native of Europe never before seen in Washington.

    Aliens Invade America! 2008

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