Parasesarma bidens, the red claw crab (or red-clawed crab), is a species of crab found in the Indo-Pacific region from Zanzibar to Japan and Fiji.[1]

Parasesarma bidens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Sesarmidae
Genus: Parasesarma
Species:
P. bidens
Binomial name
Parasesarma bidens
(De Haan, 1835)
Synonyms [1]
  • Grapsus (Pachysoma) bidens De Haan, 1835
  • Perisesarma bidens (De Haan, 1835)
  • Sesarma bidens (De Haan, 1835)

Size

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Parasesarma bidens can have a leg span up to 100 mm (4 in). Carapace length is usually no more than 51 mm (2 in).[citation needed]

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