Specimen Information

Charybdis hellerii
Charybdis hellerii
(Indo-Pacific swimming crab)
Crustaceans-Crabs
Exotic

Specimen ID154021
GroupCrustaceans-Crabs
GenusCharybdis
Specieshellerii
Common NameIndo-Pacific swimming crab
StateSC
CountyGeorgetown
LocalityWinyah Bay, at Georgetown
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCarolina Coastal-Sampit
HUC8 Number03040207
HUC10 NameGreat Pee Dee River-Winyah Bay
HUC10 Number0304020702
HUC12 NameWinyah Bay
HUC12 Number030402070208
Map
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Collection Day7
Collection Month6
Collection Year2000
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:18885
Author:Walker, Janice.
Date:2002
Title:Invertebrate database from the Smithsonian Institute.
Pages:87 of 26,700 rows entered as nonindigenous
Record TypeSpecimen
Disposalethanol
Museum Cat NumberUSNM 251489
VerifierR. Lemaitre, Smithsonian
Freshwater/MarineBrackish
Number Collected1


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