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Blue crab escaping from the net along the Core Banks of North Carolina.. Callinectes sapidus (from the Ancient Greek κάλλος,"beautiful" + nectes, "swimmer", and Latin sapidus, "savory"), the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally.
The oldest fossil crustaceans are in the Cambrian. The group experienced a significant radiation in the oceans during the Mesozoic Marine Revolution. The above photo depicts a ~freshly dead female blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Info. from Witherington & Witherington (2007): "Blue crabs are swimming crabs in the Family Portunidae.
The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus was chosen as the state crustacean of Maryland in 1989. [17] C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab may grow to a carapace width of 230 mm (9.1 in).
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Callinectes similis, sometimes called the lesser blue crab [1] or dwarf crab, [2] is a West Atlantic species of blue crab. It was described by Austin B. Williams in 1966. Description
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After an analysis of new fossil material, the subgenera were elevated to the rank of genus, and three new genera were erected. [3] Most of the family's current diversity is found in temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere .
Lee ‘Lucky’ Alewine, left, prepares to refrigerate their blue crab catch at Rusty Crabs on Sept. 20, 2024, as William Beveridge moves bushels of crabs from the boat to be sold to a vendor on ...