Charybdis lucifer

Charybdis lucifer, also known as the yellowish-brown crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae.^[1]

Charybdis lucifer
In Sarawak
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Portunidae
Genus:	Charybdis
Species:	C. lucifer
Binomial name
Charybdis lucifer (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
Charybdis lucifera (Fabricius, 1798) [lapsus] Goniosoma quadrimaculatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1861 Portunus lucifer Fabricius, 1798

The type locality of this species is Indian Ocean, probably Tranquebar. It occurs naturally in the waters around Bangladesh, Malaysia^[2] India, Singapore,^[3] Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, Italy (Invasive species), Egypt (Invasive species), Mediterranean Sea (Invasive species).^[2]

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References

1. Liu J.Y. (2008). "Charybdis (Charybdis) lucifer (Fabricius, 1798)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
2. Hamli, Hadi; Al-Asif, Abdulla-; Ismail, Johan; Gerusu, Geoffery James; Nerurkar, Sayali (28 March 2021). "First record of Yellowish-brown crab Charybdis (Charybdis) lucifera (Fabricius, 1798) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) from Malaysian waters after 127 years, with morphological and ecological notes". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 119 (2): 1–5. doi:10.17087/jbnhs/2022/v119/159849.
3. Yeo, Abel Meng Wei; Kwan, Ivan Wei Ming (31 October 2022). "First Singapore record of the swimming crab, Charybdis lucifera". Nature in Singapore. 15 (1): e2022017. doi:10.26107/NIS-2022-0107.