Specimen ID | 1655228 |
Group | Crustaceans-Crabs |
Genus | Charybdis |
Species | hellerii |
Common Name | Indo-Pacific swimming crab |
State | GA |
County | Glynn |
Locality | St. Simons Island, Georgia |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Cumberland-St. Simons |
HUC8 Number | 03070203 |
HUC10 Name | Brunswick River-Atlantic Ocean |
HUC10 Number | 0307020302 |
HUC12 Name | Saint Simons Sound-Atlantic Ocean |
HUC12 Number | 030702030204 |
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Collection Day | 9 |
Collection Month | 11 |
Collection Year | 2020 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | dispersed | dispersed current |
Status | unknown |
Comments | This was caught by a commercial shrimp fisherman off of St. Simons Island in a shrimp trawl. He then brought it back to our office at the University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant to be identified. Pictures were then sent to various people for help in identification. Peter Kingsley-Smith a Senior Marine Scientist at SCDNR Marine Resources Research Institute identified it for us. |
Record Type | NAS sighting report |
Verifier | Peter Kingsley-Smith |
Freshwater/Marine | Marine |
Number Collected | 1 |
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