Blue swimming crab

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Name (Latin)
Blue swimming crab
Other forms of name
Blue manna crab
Blue swimmer crab
Flower crab
Manna crab, Blue
nne Portunus pelagicus
Sand crab (Portunus)
Swimmer crab, Blue
See Also From tracing topical name
Portunus
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q2364966
Library of congress: sh 93000045
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Davis, G. The biology of the blue manna crab (Portunus pelagicus) in estuaries of south-west Western Australia, 1988.
  • FAO species fact sheets Web site, Apr. 2, 2007(Portunus pelagicus, FAO name: Blue swimming crab)
  • Kaestner, A. Invertebrate zoology, c1970:v. 3, p. 346 (Portunus pelagicus, of great commercial value in the Indo-West Pacific)
  • Wikipedia.org website, Mar. 9, 2007(Portunus pelagicus (also known as: flower crab, blue swimming crab, sand crab; a large crab found in the intertidal estuaries of the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Asian coasts) and the Middle-Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea)
  • Bellchambers, L.M. An assessment of the blue swimmer crab fishery ... 2006:introd. (Portunus pelagicus)