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Blotched Swimming Crab

Achelous spinimanus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Carolina.January 3, February 3, March 3, April 4, May 4, June 2, July 2, August 2, September 2, October 3, November 2, December 3.
United States696
South Carolina34
North Carolina30
Virginia20
Texas9
Georgia7
Brazil5
Rio de Jeneiro4
Alabama3
Massachusetts3

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
GenusAchelous

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