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    Species Accepted

    Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    blue swimming crab
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Portunus

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 4 countries or islands

      4 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      EgyptNo
      IsraelYes
      ItalyNo
      Syrian Arab RepublicYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
      Blaue Schwimmkrabbe German
      Blaukrabbe German
      Große Pazifische Schwimmkrabbe German
      blue swimming crab English
      pelagic swimming crab English
      sand crab English
      Πελαγοκάβουρας Greek, Modern (1453-)
      タイワンガザミ Japanese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      1 result
      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
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      Shen, C.-L. (1932). The brachyuran Crustacea of North China. Zoologica Sinica, Ser. A (Invertebrates of China), 9. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=378311
      Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. Post Mortem Auctoris Edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae., Moller, Copenhagen, xxxiv + 140 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2154 10.5962/bhl.title.2154
      WoRMS, 2020, Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061754 on 2020-03-02
      Milne Edwards, H. (1834). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6234 10.5962/bhl.title.6234
      PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686
      Crosnier, A. (1962). Faune de Madagascar. XVI Crustaces Decapodes: Portunidae. Faune de Madagascar, 16: 1–154, pls. 1–13. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5919
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 10.5962/bhl.title.542
      Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017, Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978–3–662–52869–3. XII, 574 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-52869-3 10.1007/978-3-662-52869-3

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