Location: Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
Blue Swimming Crab - Female
Portunus pelagicus
Blue Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Portunus pelagicus
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)
Depth: 30-150 ft. (10-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Eucarida (Superorder)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Brachyura (Infraorder)
└Portunoidea (Superfamily)
└Portunidae (Family)
└Portuninae (Subfamily)
└Portunus (Genus)
└P. pelagicus (Species)
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