Blue-Leg Swimcrab (Polybius depurator)

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Polybius depurator

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Blue-Leg Swimcrab

Also known as: Blauwpootzwemkrab, Blue-Leg Swimming-Crab, Harbour Crab, Harbour Swimming Crab, Sandy Swimming Crab

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About

Max size

10 cm

Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Polybiidae

Where to find it

occasional

rare

Other species in Polybiidae

Bathynectes longipes

Bathynectes longipes

Arch-Fronted Swimming Crab (Polybius navigator)

Polybius navigator

Arch-Fronted Swimming Crab

Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber)

Necora puber

Velvet Swimming Crab

Common Swimming Crab (Polybius holsatus)

Polybius holsatus

Common Swimming Crab

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