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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

Gibraltar
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