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Janet

In article >,
says...
> >> There is no such thing as a European Dungeness crab.
> >
> >Isn't there a city by that name though that they may use for the crabs?
> >
> > Carol
>
> I suppose it is not surprising that again the US 'thinks' it is the
> only one - perhaps that is because the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from
> Plymouth where they catch Dungeness crabs?

They do not and never have caught Dungeness crabs in Plymouth England,
because its a North American species (Metacarcinus magister) named after
a NA city.

The crabs caught in Devon, England, (Cancer pagurus) are unrelated. Btw
the English Dungeness is not in Devon, it's 300 miles away in Kent.

Janet UK