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title: "Speckled Swimming Crab"
description: "Arenaeus cribrarius — Andere dieren. Arenaeus cribrarius, the speckled swimming crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/speckled-swimming-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Speckled Swimming Crab

> Arenaeus cribrarius — Andere dieren. Arenaeus cribrarius, the speckled swimming crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae.

- Scientific name: *Arenaeus cribrarius*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 5486
- Wikidata: [Q4470133](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4470133)
- iNaturalist taxon: [122198](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122198)

## Names

- en: Speckled Swimming Crab
- es: Cangrejo nadador

## Countries with the most observations

US (4455), BR (421), MX (122), UY (28), PA (12), PR (10), CO (7), CR (7), TT (6), DO (4), HN (4), MQ (4)

## Summary

Arenaeus cribrarius, the speckled swimming crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae.

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

## Photo

![Speckled Swimming Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/speckled-swimming-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Julia Klooster · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272327253

## Machine access

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