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Spiny hands

Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Status not recordedcrabs and lobsters

The spiny hands (Charybdis hellerii) is a species in the family Portunidae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the spiny hands

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the spiny hands live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the spiny hands as introduced in 14 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Belizeinvasive
  2. Egyptinvasive
  3. Indonesiainvasive
  4. Brazil
  5. Cuba
  6. Greece
  7. India
  8. Israel
  9. Lebanon
  10. St. Martin
  11. Syria
  12. Türkiye
  13. United States
  14. Venezuela

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the spiny hands endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the spiny hands classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyPortunidae
  6. genusCharybdis
  7. SpeciesCharybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Synonyms Charybdis hellerii, Charybdis merguiensis, Charybdis vannamei, Goniosma hellerii, Goniosoma annulatum, Goniosoma hellerii, Goniosoma merguiense, Talamita sexdentata

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • サツマイシガニJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spiny hands

Other species in the same genus Charybdis.

Lady crab

Charybdis japonica

PortunidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the spiny hands an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the spiny hands as invasive in 3 countries: Belize, Egypt and Indonesia. It lists it as introduced in 14 in all.

What kind of animal is the spiny hands?

The spiny hands (Charybdis hellerii) belongs to the family Portunidae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{spiny_hands_2026,
  title = {Spiny hands (Charybdis hellerii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spiny-hands},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}