Mavi yengeç
Callinectes sapidus
#nm_0105📍 Turkish Aegean
- Language
- Turkish
- Transliteration
- Mavi yengech
- IPA
- /ˈmavi jenɡetʃ/
Compound: mavi + yengeç mavi: blue, yengeç: crab
Swimming crab (Portunidae) native to the western Atlantic from Cape Cod to Argentina. Distinctive blue coloration, carapace up to 23cm wide. Invasive in the Mediterranean, where it threatens native mollusk populations.