Deep Water Swimming Crab
Charybdis smithii
- Group: Crab
- For divers: safe
A swimming crab of soft, deep bottoms, it paddles over mud with the flattened back legs that mark its family. Big open ocean fish hunt it in large numbers, making this small crab an important link in the food chain far from land.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Portunidae › Charybdis
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1552694.
FAQ
- Is the Deep Water Swimming Crab dangerous to divers?
- The Deep Water Swimming Crab is harmless to divers.