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Sargassum Swimming Crab

Portunus sayi

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 7, February 7, March 8, April 15, May 19, June 5, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 5, November 7, December 6.
United States547
Texas81
Alabama37
North Carolina32
Mexico16
Quintana Roo16
Massachusetts15
South Carolina12
Puerto Rico9
Georgia6

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilySwimming Crabs · Portunidae
GenusPortunus

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