Charybdis lucifer
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Charybdis |
| Species: | C. lucifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Charybdis lucifer (Fabricius, 1798)
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Charybdis lucifer, also known as the yellowish-brown crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae.[1]
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[edit]
- ^ a b Liu J.Y. (2008). "Charybdis (Charybdis) lucifer (Fabricius, 1798)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
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