Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber)

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Necora puber

(Linnaeus, 1767)

Velvet Swimming Crab

Also known as: Devil Crab, Fluwelen Zwemkrab, Velvet Crab, Velvet Fiddler, Velvet Swimcrab

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About

Max size

6.5 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Polybiidae

Where to find it

common

France (Atlantic)Ireland Netherlands Spain (Galicia)United Kingdom

occasional

Other species in Polybiidae

Bathynectes longipes

Bathynectes longipes

Blue-Leg Swimcrab (Polybius depurator)

Polybius depurator

Blue-Leg Swimcrab

Arch-Fronted Swimming Crab (Polybius navigator)

Polybius navigator

Arch-Fronted Swimming Crab

Common Swimming Crab (Polybius holsatus)

Polybius holsatus

Common Swimming Crab

Image: © Bernard Picton (CC-BY) · iNaturalist (CC-BY) · source