Blue Crab

Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA

Point Lookout State Park, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA

Category hierarchy: Animals | CrustaceansDescription: Blue Crab on shorelineOriginal date: 20030501Locality: Latitude: 3.575960000000000e+001; Longitude: -7.901930000000000e+001

Category hierarchy: Animals | CrustaceansDescription: Blue Crab on shoreline.Original date: 20030501Locality: Latitude: 3.575960000000000e+001; Longitude: -7.901930000000000e+001

blauwe-zwemkrab-ogb; Blauwe zwemkrab.

Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) males

Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) females: virgin (above) and egg-bearing (below)

Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) backing out of old shell during final stages of molting

Callinectes sapidus. Figure 1--the Cast Shell of a Half-Grown Male; Figure 2--The Ventral Surface of a Full-Grown Male

Callinectes sapidus. Ventral Surface of a Virgin Female, Showing the Narrow, Triangular Abdomen (fig.3); Ventral Surface of an Ovigerous Female, Showing the Broad, Semi-Circular Abdomen (Fig.4)

Callinectes Sapidus. Cast shell of a half-grown male (1); Ventral Surface of a Full-Grown Male

Callinectes Sapidus. Three Successive Stages of the Molting of One Individual of Callinectes Sapidus

Callinectes Sapidus. Further Stages of the Molting of Callinectes Sapidus

Callinectes sapidus, the blue crab.