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spiny hands

Charybdis hellerii

Classification

Charybdis hellerii, the Indo-Pacific swimming crab or spiny hands is a species of crab from the swimming crab family, the Portunidae. Its native range covers the Indian and Pacific Oceans but it has been introduced to the western Atlantic and has invaded the Mediterranean. It is a commercially exploited species in south-east Asia.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 144Brazil · 42Mexico · 19France · 4Cuba · 2Netherlands · 1