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    Callinectes sapidus (from the Ancient Greek κάλλος kállos 'beautiful' + νήκτης nḗktēs 'swimmer', and the Latin sapidus 'savory'), commonly known as the...
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    sapidus. "Callinectes Stimpson, 1860". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 14, 2011. De Grave (16 October 2024). "Callinectes Stimpson...
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    Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) by the presence of six frontal teeth on the carapace, compared with only four for C. sapidus. C. ornatus is also...
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  • freshwater crawfish Procambarus clarkii. Maryland has the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Oregon has the Dungeness crab, Metacarcinus magister. California...
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    crabs (Portunus pelagicus), snow crabs (Chionoecetes), blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus), edible or brown crabs (Cancer pagurus), Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus...
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    available species are the brown crab (Cancer pagurus), blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus), and red swimming crab...
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    pelagicus, several species in the genus Chionoecetes, the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), Charybdis spp., Cancer pagurus, the Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus...
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    preyed upon include fiddler crabs, marsh crabs, blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus, Callinectes similis and Cardisoma guanhumi) and green crabs. It can also...
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    members include well-known shoreline crabs such as the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and velvet crab (Necora puber). Portunid crabs are characterised...
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  • for the Chesapeake Bay's indigenous Maryland blue crab – Callinectes sapidusCallinectes translates as "beautiful swimmers." Set in a small waterfront...
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    related C. sapidus by the number of teeth on the front edge of the carapace, there being six in C. similis and only four in C. sapidus. Callinectes similis...
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    Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (Brachyura: Portunoidea)...
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  • Blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, for sale at a market in Piraeus....
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    omnivore, the larger juveniles and adults are predators of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), oysters, clams, crustaceans, and small fish with young Atlantic...
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    sautéed. In the United States, the main species is the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, which appears in markets from April to September. In the Deep South...
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  • that can cause infection in fish, crabs (including the "blue crab", Callinectes sapidus), sea urchins and others. Frederick C. Page (1973). "Paramoeba: a...
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    throughout Asia. The species is highly prized as a substitute for Callinectes sapidus. This species is fished heavily and almost exclusively for meat consumption...
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    Devonian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class:...
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  • of the hemolymph of crustaceans such as the Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus).} Species in the genus...
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    berries. Six studies from 1946 to 2005 have reported that blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) are a significant food source for whooping cranes wintering at Aransas...
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    are the same colors as the Calvert seal. 2001 Crustacean Blue crab Callinectes sapidus The blue crab is found in the Chesapeake Bay and is the most valuable...
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    (December 2016). "Silicification of the medial tooth in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus". Journal of Morphology. 277 (12): 1648–1660. doi:10.1002/jmor.20614...
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    are known to eat clams. One of their predators is the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. The species is edible. Busycotypus canaliculatus, along with hard...
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    Chesapeake Bay, which is known for their Chesapeake Bay blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) derives its name from "Chesepiook", a Susquehannock tribe word that...
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  • Blue crab may refer to: Blue Crab 11, an American sailboat design Callinectes sapidus – Chesapeake or Atlantic blue crab of the West Atlantic, introduced...
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  • germanica (German cockroach) Cactoblastis cactorum (cactus moth) Callinectes sapidus (blue crab) Cerataphis lataniae (palm aphid) Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean...
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  • ancient Rome#Brothels Lupa a former genus of Atlantic crabs; see e.g. Callinectes sapidus formerly Lupa hastata, Portunus sayi formerly Lupa sayi, etc. Lupa...
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    include important commercial species such as the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus, and the tanner crab, Chionoecetes bairdi. A number of taxa have...
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    Syncarid Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus...
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    tulipa. Crustaceans are also conch predators, such as the blue crab Callinectes sapidus, the box crab Calappa gallus, the giant hermit crab Petrochirus diogenes...
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