Portunus sanguinolentus

Portunus sanguinolentus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Portunidae
Genus:	Portunus
Species:	P. sanguinolentus
Binomial name
Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783)
Synonyms
Cancer raihoae Curtiss, 1938 Lupa sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783)

Portunus sanguinolentus, the three-spot swimming crab , blood-spotted swimming crab or red-spotted swimming crab,^[1] is a large crab found throughout estuaries of the Indian and West Pacific Oceanic countries.