Atlantic Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

Summary 2

Callinectes sapidus (from the Greek calli- = "beautiful", nectes = "swimmer", and Latin sapidus = "savory"), the Blue Crab, Atlantic Blue Crab, or regionally as the Chesapeake blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally.

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) Reinaldo Aguilar, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/plantaspeninsulaosa/6777815831/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinectes_sapidus

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Color blue, grey
Taxonomy:family Portunidae
Taxonomy:class Malacostraca