Portunus segnis

Portunus segnis
African Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus segnis) Praia Do Bilene: In the Coastal lake of Bilene, Mozambique
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Genus: Portunus
Species:
P. segnis
Binomial name
Portunus segnis
(Forskål, 1775)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancer segnis Forskål, 1775
  • Portunus mauritianus Ward, 1942

Portunus segnis, the African blue swimming crab, is a species of crustacean, a swimming crab belonging to the family Portunidae. While native to the western Indian Ocean, it is also invasive in the Mediterranean. It is thought to have come through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea but it may have been transported by ships.[2]

  1. ^ Sammy de Grave (2022). "Portunus segnis (Forskål, 1775)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).