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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Portunidae swimming crabs

Genus: Charybdis

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36 species (see list below)
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Charybdis acuta
[]
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Max. Length 6 cm CW
 
Charybdis affinis
[Smoothshelled swimming crab]
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Charybdis amboinensis
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Max. Length 4.5 cm CW
 
Charybdis anisodon
[Twospined arm swimming crab]

Modi, Shuanak

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm CW
Charybdis annulata(Fabricius, 1798)

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Charybdis annulata
[Banded-legged swimming crab]
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Charybdis beauforti
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Max. Length 3.4 cm CW
 
Charybdis bimaculata
[Two-spot swimming crab]
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Charybdis brevispinosa
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Charybdis callianassa
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Charybdis erythrodactyla
[Rainbow crab]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm CW
Charybdis feriata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Charybdis feriata
[Crucifix crab]
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Max. Length 8.3 cm CW
 
Charybdis granulata
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Charybdis hawaiensis
[Hawaiian swimming crab]

Modi, Shuanak

Indo-Pacific. Introduced
Max. Length 7.9 cm CW
Charybdis hellerii(Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Photo by Modi, Shuanak
 
Charybdis hellerii
[Spiny hands]
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Max. Length 4.6 cm CW
 
Charybdis hongkongensis
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm CW
Charybdis japonica(Milne-Edwards, 1861)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Charybdis japonica
[Japanese swimming crab]
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Charybdis jaubertensis
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Charybdis longicollis
[Lesser swimming crab]
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Max. Length 47.4 cm CL
 
Charybdis lucifera
[Yellowish brown crab]
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Max. Length 7.5 cm CW
 
Charybdis miles
[Soldier swimming crab]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm CW
Charybdis natator(Herbst, 1794)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Charybdis natator
[Ridged swimming crab]
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Charybdis obtusifrons
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Charybdis omanensis
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Charybdis orientalis
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Charybdis ornata
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Charybdis padadiana
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Charybdis philippinensis
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Charybdis rathbuni
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific

Charybdis riversandersoniAlcock, 1899

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Charybdis riversandersoni
[]
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Charybdis rufodactylus
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Charybdis sagamiensis
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Charybdis smithii
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm CW
Charybdis truncata(Fabricius, 1798)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Charybdis truncata
[Blunt-toothed crab]
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Max. Length 3.0 cm CW
 
Charybdis vadorum
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Charybdis vannamei
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Max. Length 3.0 cm CW
 
Charybdis variegata
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