Iridescent Swimming Crab
Achelous gibbesii
- Group: Crab
- Typical depth: 0–399 m
An iridescent swimming crab of mud, sand and shell bottoms, it lives over a wide depth range and rows through the water on flattened back legs. Like its portunid kin it hunts as a carnivore, and in turn fishes hunt it.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Portunidae › Achelous
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 557883.
FAQ
- How deep does the Iridescent Swimming Crab live?
- The Iridescent Swimming Crab (Achelous gibbesii) is typically found at 0–399 m.