''Charybdis lucifer'', also known as the yellowish-brown crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family

Portunidae Portunidae is a family of crabs which contains the swimming crabs. Its members include well-known shoreline crabs such as the blue crab (''Callinectes sapidus'') and velvet crab ('' Necora puber''). Description Portunid crabs are characterised b ...

. The type locality of this species is Indian Ocean, probably

Tranquebar Tharangambadi (), formerly Tranquebar (, ), is a town in the Mayiladuthurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on the Coromandel Coast. It lies north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary named Uppanar of the Kaveri River. It wa ...

. It occurs naturally in the waters around Bangladesh, Malaysia India, Singapore, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, Italy (

Invasive species An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment. Invasive species adversely affect habitats and bioregions, causing ecological, environmental, and/or economic damage. The term can also be used for native spec ...

), Egypt (Invasive species), Mediterranean Sea (Invasive species). File:Charybdis lucifera dorsal.jpg, Dorsal view File:Charybdis lucifera Ventral.jpg, Ventral view

References

Portunoidea Crustaceans described in 1798 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{Portunoidea-stub