---
title: "Crabe nageur de Heller"
description: "Charybdis hellerii — Autres animaux. Charybdis hellerii, the Indo-Pacific swimming crab or spiny hands is a species of crab from the swimming crab family, the Portunidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/indo-pacific-swimming-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Crabe nageur de Heller

> Charybdis hellerii — Autres animaux. Charybdis hellerii, the Indo-Pacific swimming crab or spiny hands is a species of crab from the swimming crab family, the Portunidae.

- Scientific name: *Charybdis hellerii*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 1690
- Wikidata: [Q4484756](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4484756)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199399](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199399)

## Names

- en: Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab
- es: Cangrejo nadador de Heller
- fr: Crabe nageur de Heller
- nl: Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii
- pt: Siri bidu

## Countries with the most observations

SG (322), US (239), HK (195), IN (188), CN (87), BR (82), AU (32), MY (31), MX (29), TH (27), TW (26), IL (13)

## Summary

Charybdis hellerii, the Indo-Pacific swimming crab or spiny hands is a species of crab from the swimming crab family, the Portunidae. Its native range covers the Indian and Pacific Oceans but it has been introduced to the western Atlantic and has invaded the Mediterranean. It is a commercially exploited species in south-east Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis_hellerii

## Photo

![Crabe nageur de Heller](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indo-pacific-swimming-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: U.S. Geological Survey Archive, U.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indo_Pacific_swimming_crab.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/indo-pacific-swimming-crab?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).