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Portunus sp

Seabook: Portunus sp

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Description

Portunus is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus and the Gazami crab, P. trituberculatus. Other species, such as the three-spotted crab (P. sanguinolentus) are caught as bycatch. The genus Portunus contains more than 90 extant sp... Read more in Seabook

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Open water