Fastest-swimming crustacean

Fastest-swimming crustacean
Who
Henslow's swimming crab Polybius henslowii
What
1.3 metre(s) per second
When
16 November 2013
The fastest-swimming crustacean is Henslow's swimming crab Polybius henslowii, native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It has been timed at 1.3 m per second in captivity, but it is likely that it can swim even faster under natural conditions in the wild state.