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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.
Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930: warm coastal waters of Mexico. Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896: Chesapeake blue crab: western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico Callinectes similis Williams, 1966: lesser blue crab or dwarf crab: Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from the United States to Colombia. Callinectes ...
Callinectes ornatus is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes. It can be distinguished from the closely related Atlantic blue crab ( Callinectes sapidus ) by the presence of six frontal teeth on the carapace , compared with only four for C. sapidus . [ 2 ]
Callinectes bellicosus is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes. They are native to warm waters and shorelines in Mexico. [ 2 ] They are prepared and eaten in the same manner as blue crabs .
Callinectes similis, sometimes called the lesser blue crab [1] or dwarf crab, [2] is a West Atlantic species of blue crab. It was described by Austin B. Williams in 1966. Description
Callinectes arcuatus is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes that lives along the Pacific coast of Central America. Distribution and ecology [ edit ]
Callinectes bocourti is a species of swimming crab. Its native range extends from Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil, but it has been found as a nonindigenous species as far north as North Carolina. [2] This crab has a light brown shell with red spots and markings on it, and red claws and legs. [2]
Callinectes sapidus. The Chesapeake Bay, located in Maryland and Virginia, is famous for its "blue crabs", Callinectes sapidus. In 1993, the combined harvest of the blue crabs was valued at around 100 million U.S. dollars. Over the years the harvests of the blue crab dropped; in 2000, the combined harvest was around 45 million dollars.