سلطعون أزرق
Callinectes sapidus
#nm_0107📍 Egypt
- Language
- Standard Arabic
- Transliteration
- Sultaun azraq
- IPA
- /sltˤʕwn ʔazrq/
Compound: سلطعون + أزرق سلطعون sulṭaʿūn: crab, أزرق azraq: blue
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.