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Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Charybdis

Charybdis smithii MacLeay, 1838

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World Distribution
Stephenson (1972 : 35) - Océan Indien "From a large area of the Indian Ocean, often swimming on surface far from shore"
Flosse (1969, for Charybdis edwardsi Leene & Buitendijk, 1949) - Eastern Africa (Tanzania) Malabar coast of Indian), large swarms observed on sea surface.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Pelagic or bathypelagic - Min-Max observed: 0-10 m

Mayotte data
Charybdis smithii MacLeay, 1838 — Charybdis edwardsi - Losse, 1969: 146, Comoros (Mayotte) [09°45' S, 43° 39' E, North of Comoros Mayotte, cf. Della Croce & Holthuis, 1965, not seen] - Charybdis (Goniohellenus) edwardsi Leene & Buitendijk, 1949 accepted as Charybdis (Goniohellenus) smithii MacLeay, 1838 in WoRMS (2018) — IO, Tanzania, South Africa to western India, littoral to pelagic at sea with observation of large oceanic swarms.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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