Portunus sanguinolentus
| Portunus sanguinolentus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Portunus |
| Species: | P. sanguinolentus |
| Binomial name | |
| Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Portunus sanguinolentus, the three-spot swimming crab , blood-spotted swimming crab or red-spotted swimming crab, is a large crab found throughout estuaries of the Indian and West Pacific Oceanic countries.