Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Query: red crab

Result: 113^th of 133

Subject:	Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)
Poster:	Phoby (phoby@notmyphoto.com)

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Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

A mature female blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), known colloquially as a "sook." Note the apron, shaped like the Capitol building, and the red-tipped claws.

Image ID: line0841, America's Coastlines Collection
Location: Chesapeake Bay
Photo Date: 1999 April 22
Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA

Photo Source:
The NOAA Photo Library - http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
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red crab
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