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Animal realm > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Crustaceans > Malacostraca > Decapods > Crabs > Swimming crabs

Swimming crabs

Scientific name : Portunidae

Crabs with broad carapace, often with sharp lateral spines. The last pair of legs is flattened at the end, with a paddle like expansion used to swim or to dig in the sand.

Sheet author: MASSIMO BOYER

Species tree

Distribution:

/	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution	Photo
	Swimming crab	Charybdis cf. acutifrons	Western Pacific	-
	Swimming crab	Charybdis sp. 1	North Sulawesi	-
	Swimming crab	Charybdis sp. 2	North Sulawesi	-
	Swimming crab	Charybdis sp. 3	North Sulawesi	-
	Swimmer crab	Thalamita cf. picta	Indo-Pacific	-
	Blue swimming crab	Portunus pelagicus	Indo-West Pacific
	Harlequin crab	Lissocarcinus laevis	Indo-West Pacific	-
	Holoturian harlequin crab	Lissocarcinus orbicularis	Indo-Pacific	-
	Holoturian crab	Lissocarcinus sp.	Indonesia, Sulawesi	-

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