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

Where to find it

common

Other species in Polybiidae

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Bathynectes longipes

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Blue-Leg Swimcrab

Arch-Fronted Swimming Crab (Polybius navigator)

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Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber)

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Velvet Swimming Crab

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