Blue Heron Bridge, Florida
Blue Heron Bridge, Florida
Blue Heron Bridge, Florida
Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &
Caribbean Reefs
Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab
Charybdis hellerii
Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab
Also known as: Spiny Hands
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Charybdis hellerii
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)
Distribution: Florida, Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, Gulf of America
Note: This is an invasive species in the Western Atlantic and Gulf of MexicoArthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Eucarida (Superorder)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Brachyura (Infraorder)
└Portunoidea (Superfamily)
└Portunidae (Family)
└Thalamitinae (Subfamily)
└Charybdis (Genus)
└C. hellerii (Species)
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