#4461 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Arch-fronted Swimming Crab

🇳🇱 Gewimperde zwemkrab ·Polybius navigator

🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © bathyporeia · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © bathyporeia · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 2243 Wassenaar, Netherlands:© Max Willems · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Oostduinen, Den Haag, Netherlands:© Max Willems · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. duikstek Dreischor gemaal, Dreischor, Nederland:© Lynn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Maasvlakte 2, Maasvlakte, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Wassenaar, NL-ZH, NL:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Polybius navigator is a species of crab in the family Polybiidae.

base stats

NL sightings 49iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 267iNaturalist 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 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #26 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
267 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.