Portunus pelagicus, flower crab Male Portunus pelagicus can be territorial.
Description Mactan Cebu, Philippines
Date 16 November 2005, 13:31:38
Source originally posted to Flickr as Portunus pelagicus (タイワンガザミ)
Author TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) http://flickr.com/photos/13910409@N05
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portunus_pelagicus.jpg
Portunus pelagicus, also known as the flower crab, blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab or sand crab, rajungan in Indonesian, and alimasag in Tagalog, is a large crab found in the intertidal estuaries of the Indian and West Pacific Oceans, and as a Lessepsian migrant in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The name "flower crab" is used in east Asian countries while the latter names are used in Australia. The crabs are widely distributed in eastern Africa, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia, Persian Gulf, New Zealand and Indonesia. Order: Decapoda, Infraorder: Brachyura, Family: Portunidae.
