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Common Swimming Crab (Polybius holsatus)
Invertebrateverified

Polybius holsatus

(Fabricius, 1798)

Common Swimming Crab

Also known as: Gewone Zwemkrab, Flying Crab, Flying Swimming Crab, Swimming Crab

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About
Max size

3.7 cm

Taxonomy
Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Polybiidae

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

Devil Crab (Necora puber)

Necora puber

Devil Crab

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