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  2. Arenaeus cribrarius - Wikipedia

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    They share a very similar overall shape with the Atlantic Blue Crab. [6] The carapace of a Speckled swimming crab is light brown, light maroon, or olive with many white or tan irregular round spots. [6] The males tend to be more colorful. [6] The carapace can reach lengths between 4.5 and 6 inches wide (~120-150mm). [6]

  3. Callinectes sapidus - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. File:Blue Crab Pot, Trap .jpg - Wikipedia

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  5. Crab - Wikipedia

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    Crabs vary in size from the pea crab, a few millimeters wide, to the Japanese spider crab, with a leg span up to 4 m (13 ft). [6] Several other groups of crustaceans with similar appearances – such as king crabs and porcelain crabs – are not true crabs, but have evolved features similar to true crabs through a process known as carcinisation .

  6. Callinectes similis - Wikipedia

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    Callinectes similis is a good swimmer, and its last pereiopods are expanded to paddles with which it swims. Adult males may grow up to a width of 122 millimetres (4.8 in), while females may reach 95 mm (3.7 in).

  7. Portunus pelagicus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Blue crab - Wikipedia

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    Blue crab may refer to: Blue Crab 11, an American sailboat design; Callinectes sapidus – Chesapeake or Atlantic blue crab of the West Atlantic, introduced elsewhere; Cardisoma guanhumi – blue land crab of the West Atlantic; Discoplax celeste – blue land crab of Christmas Island; Paralithodes platypus – blue king crab of the North Pacific

  9. Homolidae - Wikipedia

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    The family Homolidae, known as carrier crabs [1] or porter crabs, [2] contains 14 genera of marine crabs. They mostly live on the continental slope and continental shelf , and are rarely encountered. [ 3 ]