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title: "Asian Blue Swimming Crab"
description: "Portunus pelagicus — Altri animali. Portunus pelagicus, also known as the blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab and flower crab is a species of large crab found in the Indo-Pacific, including off the coasts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam; and in the intertidal estuaries around most of Australia and east to New Caledonia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/asian-blue-swimming-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asian Blue Swimming Crab

> Portunus pelagicus — Altri animali. Portunus pelagicus, also known as the blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab and flower crab is a species of large crab found in the Indo-Pacific, including off the coasts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam; and in the intertidal estuaries around most of Australia and east to New Caledonia.

- Scientific name: *Portunus pelagicus*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2593
- Wikidata: [Q2364966](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2364966)
- iNaturalist taxon: [127703](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127703)

## Names

- en: Asian Blue Swimming Crab
- de: Große Pazifische Schwimmkrabbe
- fr: Crabe batailleur

## Countries with the most observations

SG (898), HK (141), TW (127), CN (112), IN (107), MY (107), TH (87), ID (74), JP (60), PH (60), QA (42), VN (42)

## Summary

Portunus pelagicus, also known as the blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab and flower crab is a species of large crab found in the Indo-Pacific, including off the coasts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam; and in the intertidal estuaries around most of Australia and east to New Caledonia.

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

## Photo

![Asian Blue Swimming Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-blue-swimming-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Agnes Trekker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247923878

## Machine access

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