Varuna_litterata Knowpia

River swimming crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Varunidae
Genus:	Varuna
Species:	V. litterata
Binomial name
	Varuna litterata; Fabricius (1798)

Varuna litterata, also known as the river swimming crab or the peregrine crab, is a euryhaline species of crab native to the Indo-Pacific. It is commonly found in slow-moving or almost stagnant fresh or brackish waters in estuarine habitats.^[1]^[2]

References edit

^ "Varuna litterata, The River Swimming Crab". The Australian Crayfish Project. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
^ "Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

[1] "Varuna litterata, The River Swimming Crab". The Australian Crayfish Project. Retrieved 2017-05-04.

[2] "Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

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