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Redhair Swimming Crab
Rodrigues, I.B., Cardoso, I.A. and Serejo, C.S. Catalogue and illustrated key of, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Crabs

Redhair Swimming Crab

Achelous ordwayi Stimpson, 1860

Names

EnglishRedhair Swimming Crab
Dutch—
SpanishCangrejo nadador
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokrabu (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAchelous ordwayi Stimpson, 1860

About this species

The Redhair Swimming Crab (Achelous ordwayi) is a species of the family Portunidae. It has been recorded in Suriname 4 times (GBIF), between 1958 and 2021.

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyPortunidae
GenusAchelous

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