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  2. List of U.S. state crustaceans - Wikipedia

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    The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus was chosen as the state crustacean of Maryland in 1989. [17] C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab may grow to a carapace width of 230 mm (9.1 in).

  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. Crab fisheries - Wikipedia

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    Portunus pelagicus (known as flower crabs, blue crabs, blue swimmer crabs, blue manna crabs or sand crabs) is a large crab found in the intertidal estuaries of the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Asian coasts) and the Middle-Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The name flower crab is used in east Asian countries while the latter names are used ...

  5. Beaufort’s cherished blue crab is ‘mean as hell.’ But ...

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    Later this fall, large quantities of Rusty Crabs’ catch will head north to Maryland, a blue crab hotbed, which turns to the Lowcountry to fill its market needs when the season there closes.

  6. St. Charles Bay - Wikipedia

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    Whooping cranes are also protected by Goose Island State Park, which was established by the State of Texas in 1931. [9] Other birds that migrate to the bay include the sandhill crane, American white pelican, brown pelican, roseate spoonbill, [1] great blue heron and Canada goose. [2] The blue crab and other shellfish, help sustain the bird ...

  7. Rare lady crab spotted at Hampton Beach: Why is this ... - AOL

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    Catriel, a rising junior at the University of New England who works as an intern biologist at the Hampton Beach Oceanarium, recently came across a rare lady crab. This is a very interesting ...

  8. Atlantic red crabs: Learn more about the deep-sea delicacy ...

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    Interestingly, red crabs are in the same family as the swimming crabs, such as blue crabs and lady crabs, but they lack the specialized last leg these other crabs use to paddle on the surface of ...

  9. Callinectes ornatus - Wikipedia

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    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] C. ornatus is also smaller, at a maximum carapace width of only 93 millimetres (3.7 in), compared to 230 mm (9.1 in) in C. sapidus , and is therefore not ...

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