Sand Crab
Portunus pelagicus
Other name
Blue Swimmer Crab
Features
Mottled blue and olive-green with long, strong spine each side. To 190 mm across.
Notes
Commercially important trawled species. Common in shallow, sandy-muddy inshore waters and seagrass beds. Efficient swimmer and burrower. Australia-wide; Indo-West Pacific.
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