Charybdis natator: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Portunidae
- Genus
- Charybdis
- Species
- Charybdis natator
- Scientific Name
- Charybdis natator
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Charybdis natator
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.
...Charybdis natator in languages:
- Chinese
- 善泳蟳
- English
- Ridged Swimming Crab
- English
- Hairy Swimmer Crab
- French
- Crabe nageur strié
- Japanese
- ワタリイシガニ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Charybdis acuta
- Charybdis affinis
- Charybdis amboinensis
- Charybdis anisodon
- Charybdis annulata
- Charybdis brevispinosa
- Charybdis callianassa
- Charybdis feriata
- Charybdis granulata
- Charybdis hellerii
- Charybdis japonica
- Charybdis lucifer
- Charybdis natator
- Charybdis orientalis
- Charybdis riversandersoni
- Charybdis sagamiensis
- Charybdis variegata


























































































