Charybdis feriata ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Ji, Su-Jung, Jung, Jongwoo, Kim, Sa Heung, Ahn, Dong-Ha, Kim, Min-Seop, Lee, Jeounghee, Yang, Hee-Min, Lee, Geon Hyuk, Nam, Eunjung, Park, Taeseo, Jöst, Anna B., Pham, Huyen T. M., Park, Jina, Park, Joohee, Keum, Seoyoung, Karanovic, Ivana, Karanovic, Tomislav, Park, Joong-Ki, Jung, Chuleui & Min, Gi-Sik, 2023, Unrecorded species of Korean invertebrates discovered through the project of ‘ Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species’ III, Journal of Species Research 12 (4), pp. 341-354 : 350

18. Charybdis feriata ( Linnaeus, 1758) ( Fig. 18)

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Cancer feriata Linnaeus, 1758

Material examined. Samchunpo-si (34°55′34.78″N, 128° 04′22.04″E), Korea: from a fish market; collected by SH Kim on 18 September 2014.

Deposition. NIBRIV0000905116.

World distribution. China, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, India, East Africa, Madagascar, Mediterranean Sea, and Korea.

Diagnosis. Carapace smooth, with cross-shaped light mark. Front with 6 triangular teeth and anterolateral margin with 6 teeth. Chelipeds stout, asymmetrical. Merus armed with 3 strong teeth on anterior margin. Palm with 4 stout spines on outer dorsal margin. Carapace length of the male 95 mm, breadth 125 mm.

Remarks. This specimen found from the fish market in Samchunpo-si. However, it is not clear whether this specimen was directly collected from the South Sea of Korea.