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Callinectes sapidusblue crab
Identification
Callinectes sapidus (blue crab)
Caption
Atlantic blue crab
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- Live Animal
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- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
- Anatomy
- Body Parts :: Mandibles
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Class Malacostraca
- Order Decapoda
- Family Portunidae swimming crabs
- Genus Callinectes
- Species Callinectes sapidus blue crab
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