Blue Swimmer Crab
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus
Portunidae
(Alecto Facsimile Edition - Plate 40)

BAU50

$550.00

50. Blue Swimmer Crab. Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1766) [W,P&M]
340 x 511 mm
Bauer’s meticulous painting of the blue swimmer crab as seen from the underside shows its
appendages in marvellous detail. There are no localities for this specimen, or date, indicated to
show where Bauer’s specimen came from but the species ranges throughout the Indo-Pacific
region.
W&M : 327-8, 344; W,P&M : 118-119