
Charybdis hellerii
Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab
As recorded: Charybdis hellerii (A.Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Portunidae
- Collected by
- C.H. Edmondson
- Locality
- Pearl Harbor
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- United States
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Charybdis hellerii observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,154 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28
Mumbai Suburban, IN-MH, IN
(c) vkmhatre1110, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26
Priyadarshini Park, Nepean Sea Road
(c) Girish Chonkar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-15
Tweed Heads NSW, Australia
(c) Kian Hardcastle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-10
Santo Agostinho, Cabo de Santo Agostinho - PE, Brasil
(c) Marcello Mastroianni Albuquerque Araújo, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-09
Santo Agostinho, Cabo de Santo Agostinho - PE, Brasil
(c) Marcello Mastroianni Albuquerque Araújo, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-07
Hong Kong
(c) birdman_australia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Charybdis hellerii. BPBM 5622. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35939749. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/5622.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 35939749 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
