• Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Crustacea
  • Class: Malacostraca
  • Subclass: Eumalacostraca
  • Superorder: Eucarida
  • Order: Decapoda
  • Suborder: Pleocyemata
  • Infraorder: Brachyura
  • Family: Portunidae
  • Scientific name: Liocarcinus holsatus
  • Norwegian: -

Characteristics:

The flying crab is somewhat smaller than the very similar blue-leg swimming crab, reaching a lengt of 30 mm and a width of 38. The three teeth between the eyes are more pointed and the carapace has no hair. It is very light build and actually a good swimmer. Brownish grey, tinged with green is a common color. Young individuals seem to often have light blotches.

Habitat:

It can be found on any depths from the tidal zone to almost 100 meters, usually on sand or gravel.

Distribution:

It is common in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, as far south and west as the Azores.