Common name of Necora puber
 
Common Name Velvet swimming crab
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Turkey
Locality
Ref. Ulman, A., 2017
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st Modifier behavior
2nd Modifier color pattern(s)
Remarks 'crab', from Old English 'crabba'; from Dutch 'krabelen', i.e. 'to scratch', 'claw'; and perhaps from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e. 'to carve'.
 
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