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Asian Blue Swimming Crab

Portunus pelagicus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Singapore.January 33, February 12, March 23, April 21, May 70, June 38, July 46, August 44, September 23, October 23, November 13, December 25.
Singapore371
EAST REGION205
China109
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region59
India58
NORTH REGION52
Malaysia39
Taiwan36
Taiwan Province30
Japan25

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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