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Arched Swimming Crab

Callinectes arcuatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 7, February 7, March 8, April 22, May 16, June 4, July 3, August 5, September 6, October 8, November 5, December 7.
Mexico98
Sinaloa36
United States35
California34
Baja California Sur19
Costa Rica15
Ecuador13
Sonora10
Provincia Puntarenas9
Peru9

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilySwimming Crabs · Portunidae
GenusBlue Crabs · Callinectes

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