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Lesser Blue Crab

Callinectes similis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 855, February 818, March 929, April 1,762, May 1,080, June 524, July 471, August 486, September 578, October 616, November 802, December 777.
United States10,625
Texas9,695
Alabama344
Mississippi116
Louisiana85
South Carolina64
North Carolina49
Georgia37
Virginia27
New Jersey6

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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