Specimen ID | 4250 |
Group | Crustaceans-Crabs |
Genus | Charybdis |
Species | hellerii |
Common Name | Indo-Pacific swimming crab |
State | FL |
County | St. Lucie |
Locality | Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Ft. Pierce Inlet, Indian River Lagoon |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Florida Southeast Coast |
HUC8 Number | 03090206 |
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Collection Day | 20 |
Collection Month | 4 |
Collection Year | 1995 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | shipping ballast water |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 1381 |
Author: | Lemaitre, R. |
Date: | 1995 |
Title: | Charybdis hellerii (Milne Edwards, 1867), a nonindigenous portunid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) discovered in the Indian River lagoon system of Florida. |
Journal: | Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |
Volume: | 108 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 643-648 |
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Comments | one male and one ovigerous female captured. First record. People later reported finding adults and juveniles in May-August 1995 in Sebastian and Fort Pierce Inlets. |
Record Type | Specimen |
Earliest Record | State |
Disposal | Smithsonian museum |
Museum Cat Number | USNM 275907 |
Freshwater/Marine | Marine |
Number Collected | 2 |
Size | 79x49 mm; 54x39 mm |