COMMON NAMES:
Blue crab, Atlantic blue crab.
SCIENTIFIC
NAME:
Callinectes sapidus.
DESCRIPTION:
Blue carapace, legs and claws. Underside of body white. Eyes reddish brown.
RANGE:
Western Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Argentina. Recently introduced
(probably via ships ballast) to the Baltic, Mediterranean, Black Sea and
Japan.
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