Charybdis lucifer

{{Short description|Species of crab}}

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| image = Charybdis lucifera from Sarawak.jpg

| image_caption = In Sarawak

| genus = Charybdis

| species = lucifer

| authority = (Fabricius, 1798)

| synonyms =

• Charybdis lucifera (Fabricius, 1798) [lapsus]
• Goniosoma quadrimaculatum A. Milne-Edwards, 1861
• Portunus lucifer Fabricius, 1798

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Charybdis lucifer, also known as the yellowish-brown crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae.{{cite web | url = https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208832 | title = Charybdis (Charybdis) lucifer (Fabricius, 1798)| accessdate = 4 February 2023 | publisher = World Register of Marine Species | author = Liu J.Y.| year = 2008}}

The type locality of this species is Indian Ocean, probably Tranquebar. It occurs naturally in the waters around Bangladesh, Malaysia{{cite journal |last1= Hamli |first1= Hadi |last2= Al-Asif |first2= Abdulla- |last3= Ismail |first3= Johan |last4= Gerusu |first4= Geoffery James |last5= Nerurkar |first5= Sayali |title= First record of Yellowish-brown crab Charybdis (Charybdis) lucifera (Fabricius, 1798) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) from Malaysian waters after 127 years, with morphological and ecological notes|journal= Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |date=28 March 2021|volume=119 |issue=2 |pages=1-5|doi= 10.17087/jbnhs/2022/v119/159849 |doi-access=free }} India, Singapore,{{cite journal |last1= Yeo |first1= Abel Meng Wei |last2= Kwan |first2= Ivan Wei Ming |title= First Singapore record of the swimming crab, Charybdis lucifera |journal= Nature in Singapore |date=31 October 2022 |volume=15|issue=1 |pages= e2022017 |doi= 10.26107/NIS-2022-0107 |doi-access=free }} Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, Italy (Invasive species), Egypt (Invasive species), Mediterranean Sea (Invasive species).

File:Charybdis lucifera dorsal.jpg|Dorsal view

File:Charybdis lucifera Ventral.jpg|Ventral view