Three-spotted Swimmer Crab
Portunus sanguinolentus
Features
Three blood-red spots on back of shell. To 150 mm across.
Notes
Common, trawled in Moreton Bay and in outside coastal waters. Often swims at surface at night. Commercial food species. Widespread, East Africa to Hawaii.
Three-spotted Swimmer Crab (Portunus sanguinolentus)
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