Charybdis Lucifera
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''Charybdis lucifer'', also known as the yellowish-brown crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae. The type locality of this species is Indian Ocean, probably
Tranquebar Tharangambadi (), formerly Tranquebar ( da, Trankebar, ), is a town in the Mayiladuthurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on the Coromandel Coast. It lies north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary named Uppanar of the Kave ...
. It occurs naturally in the waters around Bangladesh, Malaysia India, Singapore, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, Italy (
Invasive species An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, invasive species ad ...
), Egypt (Invasive species), Mediterranean Sea (Invasive species). File:Charybdis lucifera dorsal.jpg, Dorsal view File:Charybdis lucifera Ventral.jpg, Ventral view


References

Portunoidea Crustaceans described in 1798 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{crab-stub