Biodiversity & Conservation

Velvet swimming crab - Necora puber - General information

Necora puber

Image Sue Daly - Necora puber. Image width ca 15 cm.
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Distribution map

Necora puber recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Necora puber is not listed under any importance categories.

General information

Key Icon Researched by: Emily Wilson Text page icon Refereed by:

Taxonomy icon Taxonomy

Phylum Arthropoda Arthropods, joint-legged animals, e.g. insects, crustaceans & spiders
Class Malacostraca Crabs, lobsters, sand hoppers and sea slaters
Map icon Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland All British and Irish coasts.
Habitat information icon Habitat information Found on stony and rock substrata intertidally and in shallow water, most abundant on moderately sheltered shores.
Text page icon Description A fast moving swimming crab, blue in colour but obscured by a brown pubescence with red prominences. The dorsal surface has a finely velvety texture and the eyes are red. It grows to about 8 cm.

This review can be cited as follows:

Emily Wilson 2008. Necora puber. Velvet swimming crab. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 03/09/2010]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=3858>