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Portunus armatus (also known as Neptunus armatus) is a species of crustacean, a swimming crab in the family Portunidae found in Australia and eastwards to New Caledonia. [1] Common names include blue swimmer crabs , Blue manna , Blueys, [ 2 ] and Jennies (for females). [ 3 ]
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.
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.
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 ...
Callinectes is a genus of crabs, containing 16 extant species, including the Atlantic blue crab, C. sapidus: [2] Extant species. Image Scientific name Common name
Cardisoma guanhumi, also known as the blue land crab or great land crab, is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtropical estuaries and other maritime areas of land along the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Brazil [2] and Colombia, through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, to the Bahamas, and north to Ponce Inlet, Florida [3] Princess Place Preserve in Palm Coast, and Bermuda. [4]
Mictyris longicarpus, the light-blue soldier crab, is a species of crab that lives on sandy beaches from the Bay of Bengal to Australia; with other members of the genus Mictyris, it is "one of the most loved crabs in Australia". [2] Adults are 25 mm (1 in) across, white, with blue on their backs, and hold their claws vertically.
Portunus segnis, the African blue swimming crab, is a species of crustacean, a swimming crab belonging to the family Portunidae. While native to the western Indian Ocean, it is also invasive in the Mediterranean. It is thought to have come through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea but it may have been transported by ships. [2]