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Blue Swimming Crab
Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Malacostraca »  order Decapoda - crayfish »  family Portunidae »  genus Portunus

Scientific synonyms

Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neptunus pelagicus

Other names

= Blue Crab
= Blue Manna
= Blue Swimmer Crab

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Portunus pelagicus - Blue Swimming Crab

Links and literature

EN M. Baki Yokes, S. Ünsal Karhan, Erdogan Okus, Ahsen Yüksek, Asli Aslan-Yilmaz, I. Noyan Yilmaz, Nazli Demirel, Volkan Demir and Bella S. Galil (2007): Alien Crustacean Decapods from the Aegean Coast of Turkey, Aquatic invasions, Volume 2, Issue 3: 162-168 [as Portunus pelagicus]
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