Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Query: Chesapeake blue crab

Result: 6^th of 13

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

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Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Female blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) at water's edge. Females can be distinguished by the right red tips on their claws. Note impressions in sand made by crab when ambulating.

Image ID: line0839, America's Coastlines Collection
Location: Chesapeake Bay
Photo Date: 1999 August 22
Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA

Photo Source:
The NOAA Photo Library - http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
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Chesapeake blue crab
6/13

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