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Henslow's Swimming Crab

Polybius henslowii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Portugal.January 17, February 25, March 24, April 19, May 18, June 29, July 18, August 21, September 9, October 14, November 14, December 65.
Portugal273
COIMBRA120
AVEIRO60
Spain42
Galicia37
SETÚBAL32
LEIRIA30
FARO8
PORTO8
VIANA DO CASTELO8

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
FamilyCarcinidae
GenusPolybius

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