Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus pelagicus)

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Scientific name: Portunus pelagicus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Brachyura → Section Eubrachyura → Subsection Heterotremata → Superfamily Portunoidea → Family Portunidae → Subfamily Portuninae → Genus Portunus

Common name: Blue Swimming Crab
Locations: Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine Life → Invertebrates → Crabs

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