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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.
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.
Local springs in Lake George (and throughout the St Johns River) impart enough salt to the system to make the habitat suitable to resident and migratory marine species like Atlantic stingray, various species of mullet, striped bass and blue crabs. There is a large enough blue crab population to support a local fishery, making it one of the only ...
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 toxotes Ordway, 1863: Eastern Pacific
Portunus segnis, the African blue swimming crab, is a species of crustacean, a swimming crab belonging to the family Portunidae. While native to the western Indian Ocean, it is also invasive in the Mediterranean. It is thought to have come through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea but it may have been transported by ships. [2]
Lee ‘Lucky’ Alewine sorts blue crabs on Sept. 20, 2024, throwing back small ones or females carrying eggs and keeping crabs that are at least five inches from across the shell, point to point.
Potamonautes lirrangensis, the Malawi blue crab, [2] is a species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. This common and widespread species is found in Lake Malawi , Lake Kivu , the upper Congo River Basin and Malagarasi River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Malawi , Rwanda , and Tanzania . [ 1 ]
The state's blue crab fishery has been declining for years, and no one knows if or when that will turn around as pressures on coastal areas increase. NC's blue crab numbers have been dropping for ...