Common name of Portunus sanguinolentus
 
Common Name Blood-spotted swimming crab
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Philippines
Locality central Visayan region
Ref. Schreiber, A. and E. Cases, 1984
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st Modifier behavior
2nd Modifier color pattern(s)
Remarks 'crab' from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e., 'to curve'.
 
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