| 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 |
