Polybius navigator Blue-leg swimming crab, Arch-fronted Swimming Crab

Polybius navigator is commonly referred to as Blue-leg swimming crab, Arch-fronted Swimming Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6905 

AphiaID:

1752525 

Scientific:

Polybius navigator 

German:

Gewimperte Schwimmkrabbe 

English:

Blue-leg Swimming Crab, Arch-fronted Swimming Crab 

Category:

Krabben 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Polybiidae (Family) > Polybius (Genus) > navigator (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Herbst, ), 1794 

Occurrence:

the Black Sea, the North Sea, Bay of Biscay, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Iceland, Lofoten Islands, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Spain, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

5 - 100 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.18" - 1.97" (3cm - 5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 75.2 °F (°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Predatory, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Polybius henslowii

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Polybius corrugatus
  Rote Schwimmkrabbe, Runzelige Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius depurator
  Sand-Schwimmkrabbe, Hafen-Schwimmkrabbe, Blaubein-Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius holsatus
  Gemeine Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius marmoreus
  Marmorierte Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius navigator
  Gewimperte Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius vernalis
  Ovale Schwimmkrabbe, Glatte Schwimmkrabbe
• 
  Polybius zariquieyi
  Schwimmkrabbe, Ruderkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-03-24 16:52:07 

Last edit:

2025-08-19 13:09:00 

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