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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.
Portunus pelagicus, also known as the blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab and flower crab is a species of large crab found in the Indo-Pacific, including off the coasts Indonesia, [1] Malaysia, [2] Cambodia, [3] Thailand, [4] the Philippines, [5] and Vietnam; [6] and in the intertidal estuaries around most of Australia and east to New Caledonia.
Common names include blue swimmer crabs, Blue manna, Blueys, [2] and Jennies (for females). [3] The species was originally considered as a geographic variation of Portunus pelagicus, however in 2010 the Portunus pelagicus species was reviewed using DNA, as well as physical characteristics including measurements and four species recognised ...
Adult males may grow up to a width of 122 millimetres (4.8 in), while females may reach 95 mm (3.7 in). [ 3 ] Callinectes similis is most closely related to Callinectes danae , [ 4 ] a species also found in the Gulf of Mexico , but whose range extends as far south as Rio Grande do Sul , [ 5 ] and C. ornatus , a species found from North Carolina ...
She was the blue crab who would be the foundation of a breakthrough scientific discovery — the first map of the species’ DNA. Through a process known as genome sequencing, the scientists ...
Blue crab may refer to: Blue Crab 11, an American sailboat design; Callinectes sapidus – Chesapeake or Atlantic blue crab of the West Atlantic, introduced elsewhere; Cardisoma guanhumi – blue land crab of the West Atlantic; Discoplax celeste – blue land crab of Christmas Island; Paralithodes platypus – blue king crab of the North Pacific
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The zoea of most species must find food, but some crabs provide enough yolk in the eggs that the larval stages can continue to live off the yolk. Female crab Xantho poressa at spawning time in the Black Sea, carrying eggs under her abdomen A Grapsus tenuicrustatus climbing up a rock in Hawaii