Photo #1 of 8. Having reached the "buster" molt stage, a Maryland blue crab , Callinectes sapidus, has begun the process of shedding its shell. The genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer.
Image ID: line0959, America's Coastlines Collection
Location: Tangier Island, Virginia
Photo Date: 1999 October 16
Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA