Wrinkled Swimming Crab

Polybius corrugatus

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Polybiidae

Charybdis natator, the ridged swimming crab, wrinkled swimming crab or rock crab, is a widespread Indo-Pacific species of swimming crab from the genus Charybdis . It gets its name from the ridges on the dorsal surface of the carapace. It is a crab species which is of minor importance in fisheries.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 16

Sources and credits

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Wrinkled Swimming Crab

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