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Atlantic Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 3,444, February 3,294, March 3,742, April 7,101, May 4,351, June 2,112, July 1,899, August 1,960, September 2,329, October 2,481, November 3,231, December 3,132.
United States70,952
Texas39,077
New York1,845
Maryland1,654
New Jersey1,406
North Carolina1,290
Virginia1,214
South Carolina1,064
Massachusetts892
Italy543

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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