Charybdis (crab)

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Charybdis
Charybdis japonica.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Charybdis
De Haan, 1833[1]
Type species
Cancer sexdentatus
Herbst, 1783
Species[1]

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Charybdis is a genus of swimming crabs in the family Portunidae; "Charybdis" is Greek for whirlpool.

Species[]

The genus Charybdis contains the following species:[1]

Subgenus Charybdis (Charybdis) De Haan, 1833
  • (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
  • Türkay, 1986
  • Dana, 1852
  • Leene, 1938
  • (De Haan, 1850)
  • (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Leene & Buitendijk, 1949
  • Leene, 1937
  • (Herbst, 1789)
  • Rathbun, 1923
  • Spiridonov & Türkay, 2001
  • Stephenson & Rees, 1967
  • Leene, 1937
  • Charybdis feriata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Shen, 1934
  • (De Haan, 1833)
  • Edmondson, 1954
  • Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)
  • Nobili, 1905
  • (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Leene & Buitendijk, 1949
  • Rathbun, 1923
  • Charybdis japonica (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
  • Rathbun, 1924
  • Zarenkov, 1970
  • (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Spiridonov & Türkay, 2001
  • (De Haan, 1835)
  • Charybdis natator (Herbst, 1794)
  • Dana, 1852
  • Ward, 1941
  • Ward, 1941
  • Leene, 1938
  • Alcock, 1899
  • (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
  • (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
  • Stephenson & Rees, 1968
  • Parisi, 1916
  • Leene, 1938
  • Crosnier, 1984
  • (Edward J. Miers|Miers, 1884)
  • Ward, 1941
  • (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Rees & Stephenson, 1967
Subgenus Charybdis (Goniohellenus) Alcock, 1899
  • Stephenson, 1967
  • Shen, 1934
  • (Wood-Mason, 1877)
  • Charybdis longicollis Leene, 1938
  • Leene, 1938
  • (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
  • Leene & Buitendijk, 1952
  • Ward, 1941
  • Alcock, 1899
  • MacLeay, 1838
  • (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Alcock, 1899
Subgenus Charybdis (Gonioneptunus) Ortmann, 1894
  • Shen, 1935
  • (Miers, 1886)
  • Zarenkov, 1970
Subgenus Charybdis (Goniosupradens) Leene, 1938
  • (De Man, 1879)
  • (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Leene, 1937
Incertae sedis
  • (A. Milne-Edwards)
  • (Herbst, 1783)

Charybdis affinis[]

has a hexagonal, concave carapace with a yellowish-grey colour. This crab is found in the Indian Ocean and in the West Pacific.[2]

Charybdis feriata[]

Charybdis feriata is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from Japan, China and Australia to Southern Africa and the Persian Gulf.[3] It is an edible crab and because of its large size, high quality of meat and relatively soft exoskeleton, it has a high commercial value. Attempts are being made to farm this crab using aquaculture.[4] In Hong Kong Cantonese it is known as the flowery crab (花蟹).[5] This name probably arises from its red and white colouring when cooked. This species of crab is also known as Charybdis feriatus and Charybdis cruciata,[3] and has also been found in the Mediterranean Sea. The specific epithet cruciata refers to the red cross on the carapace of this species. According to tradition the Spanish Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier saw this crab in Indonesia. "A Ceram, écrit François-Xavier, un crabe sur la plage me rapporta entre ses pinces mon crucifix qu'une tempête avait arraché à mon cou. Depuis, en cette région, les crabes ont un crucifix imprimé sur leur carapace".[6]

Charybdis hellerii[]

Charybdis hellerii

Charybdis hellerii is characterised by a hexagonal, concave carapace with a mottled brownish-grey colour. This crab originates from the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea to New Caledonia. However this crab has now also successively invaded the Western Atlantic (Florida to Brazil)[7] and the Mediterranean Sea.[8]

Charybdis japonica[]

Main article: Charybdis japonica

Charybdis japonica has a hexagonal, concave carapace around 12 centimetres (4.7 in) wide, the whole animal being pale green to olive green in colour. It occurs naturally in the waters around Japan, Korea and Malaysia, but has become an invasive species in New Zealand.

Charybdis longicollis[]

Charybdis longicollis is an invasive species from the Red Sea that invaded the Mediterranean Sea fifty years ago.[9]

Charybdis natator[]

Charybdis natator is characterised by a brownish upper surface with some white spots among the wafts or bright red granules. On its under surface it is bluish, mottled with white and pale red.[10] This crab is not a major target for commercial fishing.[11][12]

Charybdis miles[]

Though Charybdis miles was originally designated as its own species, it now actually refers to a group of different species including C. acutidens, C. meteor, C. riversandersoni, C. crosnieri, and C. sagamiensis.[13] Unlike most portunid crabs, most species belonging to this group inhabit the deep sea.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c P. Davie; M. Türkay (2011). "Charybdis De Haan, 1833". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  2. ^ K. H. Chu (1999). "Morphometric analysis and reproductive biology of the crab Charybdis affinis (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) from the Zhujiang Estuary, China". Crustaceana. 72 (7): 647–658. doi:10.1163/156854099503690.
  3. ^ a b P. Abellу; C. Hispano (2006). "The capture of the Indo-Pacific crab Charybdis feriata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Mediterranean Sea". Aquatic Invasions. 1: 13–16. doi:10.3391/ai.2006.1.1.4.
  4. ^ F. D. Parado-Estepa; E. T. Quinitio; E. M. Rodriguez (2003). "Seed Production of the Crucifix Crab Charybdis feriatus" (PDF). Aqua KE Government Documents. VII (3): 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
  5. ^ C.-J. Shen (1997). "The Crabs of Hong Kong Part III" (PDF). The Hong Kong Naturalist. 10: 32–45.
  6. ^ R. de Ceccatty (1985). L'extrémité du monde. Relation de saint François-Xavier sur ses voyages et sur sa vie. Paris. p. 113.
  7. ^ J. F. Dineen; P. F. Clark; A. H. Hines; S. A. Reed; H. P. Walton (2001). "Life history, larval description, and natural history of Charybdis hellerii (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae), an invasive crab in the western Atlantic". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 21 (3): 774–805. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2001)021[0774:LHLDAN]2.0.CO;2.
  8. ^ "Charybdis helleri". CIESM - The Mediterranean Science Commission.
  9. ^ G. Innocenti; N. Pinter; B. S. Galil (2003). "Observations on the agonistic behavior of the swimming crab Charybdis longicollis Leene infected by the rhizocephalan barnacle Heterosaccus dollfusi Boschma" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 81: 173–176. doi:10.1139/z02-226. hdl:2158/1130931. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-09-11.
  10. ^ "Marine Iconography of the Philippines Archipelago".
  11. ^ "Hong Kong City University".
  12. ^ "Sydney Fish Market: Crabs". Archived from the original on 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  13. ^ a b Spiridonov, V. A.; TÜrkay, M. (March 2001). "Deep sea swimming crabs of the Charybdis miles species group in the western Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae)". Journal of Natural History. 35 (3): 439–469. doi:10.1080/002229301300009649. ISSN 0022-2933.

External links[]

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