The crab is usually typical to the Indo-Pacific region.
During one of her free water dives, the underwater photographer and videographer, @malta_ginger_mermaid, spotted an unusual beauty.
She came across a massive blue swimmer crab. Such a spotting is an unusual one as this type of crab is an alien species to the Maltese islands.
It is usually typically found off the coasts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.
This crab seems to be very far away from his native habitat and environment!
Fellow underwater photographer, Karl Farrugia soon commented that there are “some MASSIVE ones in Qawra near Salini”.
The crab was first spotted in Maltese waters in 2015 and it is believed to have arrived in Malta due to the opening and widening of the Suez Canal earlier that year.
Have you ever spotted one?
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