Portunus pelagicus Flower crab, blue swimmer crab

Portunus pelagicus is commonly referred to as Flower crab, blue swimmer crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: toxic.

Rickard Zerpe, Schweden

Blue swimmer crab (Portunus pelagicus), 2017

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lexID:: 5708
AphiaID:: 1061754

Scientific:: Portunus pelagicus
German:: Blaue Schwimmkrabbe
English:: Flower Crab, Blue Swimmer Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Portunidae (Family) > Portunus (Genus) > pelagicus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Egypt, European Coasts, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Invasive Species, Israel, Japan, Lembeh Strait, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Malaysia, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, the Mediterranean Sea, Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 65 Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Gravel soil, Mangrove Zones, Muddy grounds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 2.36" - 7.87" (6cm - 20cm)
Temperature:: 18,1 °F - 84.2 °F (18,1°C - 29°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: toxic

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Portunus aburatsubo
Portunus acuminatus
Portunus affinis
Portunus alcocki
Portunus anceps
Portunus andersoni
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Portunus argentatus
Portunus armatus
Große Pazifische Schwimmkrabbe, Blaue Schwimmkrabbe
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Portunus hastatoides
Portunus hastatus
Portunus inaequalis
Portunus innominatus
Portunus iranjae
Portunus laevis
Portunus latibrachium
Portunus lecromi
Portunus longispinosus
Portunus macrophthalmus
Portunus madagascariensis
Portunus mariei
Portunus mauricianus
Portunus minimus
Portunus minutus
Portunus mokyevskii
Portunus paralatibrachium
Portunus pelagicus
Blaue Schwimmkrabbe
Portunus petreus
Portunus ponticus
Portunus pseudoargentatus
Portunus pseudohastatoides
Portunus pseudotenuipes
Portunus pubescens
Portunus pulchricristatus
Portunus reticulatus
Portunus rubromarginatus
Portunus rufiarcus
Portunus rugosus
Portunus samoensis
Portunus sanguinolentus
Dreipunkt Schwimmkrabbe, Pazifische Rotpunkt-Schwimmkrabbe
Portunus sayi
Sargassum Schwimmkrabbe
Portunus segnis
Portunus serratifrons
Portunus sinuosodactylus
Portunus spiniferus
Portunus spinipes
Portunus stephensoni
Portunus tenuicaudatus
Portunus tenuipes
Portunus tridentatus
Portunus trilobatus
Portunus trituberculatus
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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-07-07 20:04:37
Last edit:: 2025-01-14 20:23:01

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Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Matures at about 1 year. Collected mainly by artisanal traps, trawls, beach seines, cylindrical wire traps, folding traps, pots, hop nets, drop nets, and sunken crab gill nets. In shallow waters, it is caught using beach seines, rakes, and dab nets. Sold in local markets (fresh or frozen) and for the crab-flesh canning industry.

Most widely sold in markets of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines. Inhabits sandy to sandy-muddy substrates in areas near reefs, mangroves, and sea grass and algal beds. Juveniles tend to occur in shallow intertidal areas.
Text source: SeaLifeBase

sealifebase: Poisonous to eat!

Synonyms:
Cancer cedonulli Herbst, 1794
Cancer pelagicus Forskål, 1775 (pre-occupied name)
Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758
Lupa pelagica (Linnaeus)
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus var. sinensis Shen, 1932
Portunus denticulatus Marion de Procé, 1822

External links

Delivering Alien Invasive Species In Europe (DAISIE) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 09.10.2021.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Blue swimmer crab (Portunus pelagicus), 2017

Commonly

Foto: Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesien

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