#4454 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Flying Crab

🇳🇱 Gewone Zwemkrab ·Polybius holsatus

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Bernard Picton · CC BY 4.0
4. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Koningin Wilhelmina Boulevard afrit 10, 2202 GR Noordwijk, Holandia:© michalsvit · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Netherlands:© Max Willems · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Terschelling, Netherlands:© Max Willems · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bergen, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Den Haag, Zwarte Pad (instaphalte), 2586 HL Den Haag, Netherlands:© Max Willems · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Liocarcinus holsatus , sometimes known by the common name flying crab , is a species of swimming crab found chiefly in the North Sea, Irish Sea and English Channel. 6 in) wide, which is brownish-grey with a green tinge. It is very similar in appearance to the harbour crab Liocarcinus depurator .

base stats

NL sightings 97iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 707iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 97 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #19 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
707 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.