Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Sargassum Swimming Crab
Portunus sayi
Sargassum Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Portunus sayi
Size: 2 to 3 in. (5 to 7.5 cm)  
Depth: 3-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida, Gulf of America
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Portunidae (Family)
       └Portuninae (Subfamily)
        └Portunus (Genus)

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