Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Charybdis (Charybdis) amboinensis Leene, 1938
Charybdis is a genus of swimming crabs in the family Portunidae; "Charybdis" is Greek for whirlpool. Swimming crabs are often recorded from the trawl by-catch .
Carapace broader than long; covered with a dense short tomentum. Colour reddish brown on dorsal surface; extreme tips of the chelipeds and dactylus of the pereiopods dark pinkish brown. The Ambon swimming crab can be found on sandy and muddy bottom.
Synonymised names:
Charybdis kiiensis T. Sakai, 1939 (nomen nudum)
Goniosoma sexdentatum de Man, 1879 (junior synonym)
Charybdis is a genus of swimming crabs in the family Portunidae; "Charybdis" is Greek for whirlpool. Swimming crabs are often recorded from the trawl by-catch .
Carapace broader than long; covered with a dense short tomentum. Colour reddish brown on dorsal surface; extreme tips of the chelipeds and dactylus of the pereiopods dark pinkish brown. The Ambon swimming crab can be found on sandy and muddy bottom.
Synonymised names:
Charybdis kiiensis T. Sakai, 1939 (nomen nudum)
Goniosoma sexdentatum de Man, 1879 (junior synonym)
