Portunus segnis
Portunus segnis, the African blue swimming crab, is a species of crustacean, a swimming crab belonging to the family Portunidae. While native to the western Indian Ocean, it is also invasive in the Mediterranean. It is thought to have come through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea but it may have been transported by ships.
| Portunus segnis | |
|---|---|
| African Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus segnis) Praia Do Bilene: In the Coastal lake of Bilene, Mozambique | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Portunus |
| Species: | P. segnis |
| Binomial name | |
| Portunus segnis (Forskål, 1775) | |
| Synonyms | |
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