Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Query: Shell

Result: 708^th of 1045

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

Resolution: 1652x1168 File Size: 803616 Bytes Date: 2005:12:09 16:54:05 Upload Date: 2005:12:09 16:47:43

Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Photo #5 of 8. Having reached the "buster" molt stage, a Maryland blue crab , Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer.

Image ID: line0963, America's Coastlines Collection
Location: Tangier Island, Virginia
Photo Date: 1999 October 16
Photographer: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA

Photo Source:
The NOAA Photo Library - http://www.photolib.noaa.gov
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) - http://www.noaa.gov/
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