Callinectes sapidus (from the Ancient Greek κάλλος,"beautiful" + nectes, "swimmer", and Latin sapidus, "savory"), the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or...
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Callinectes is a genus of crabs, containing 16 extant species, including the Atlantic blue crab, C. sapidus: "Callinectes Stimpson, 1860". Integrated...
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for the Chesapeake Bay's indigenous Maryland blue crab – Callinectes sapidus – Callinectes translates as "beautiful swimmers." Set in a small waterfront...
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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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one is correct. The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus was chosen as the state crustacean of Maryland in 1989. C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of...
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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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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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include many well-known shoreline crabs, such as the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and velvet crab (Necora puber). Two genera in the family are contrastingly...
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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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of the hemolymph of crustaceans such as the Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus). Species in the genus are...
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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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omnivore, the larger juveniles and adults are predators of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), oysters, clams, crustaceans, and small fish with the young Atlantic...
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85-gram (3 oz) serving. Brown crab (Cancer pagurus), blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus), blue swimming crabs (Portunus pelagicus), and red swimming crabs...
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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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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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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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Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (Brachyura: Portunoidea)...
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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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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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is in turn eaten by predators including the Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Eggs are produced from spring to autumn, the offspring reach sexual...
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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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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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snail Lyrodes parvula, and the second intermediate host is the crab Callinectes sapidus. It was later moved to the genus Microphallus. In 1988, John Kinsella...
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evidence shows that the native blue crab in eastern North America, Callinectes sapidus, is able to control populations of C. maenas; numbers of the two...
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Martin W.; Johnson, Charles A. (June 1975). "A Disease of Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) Caused by a Parasitic Dinoflagellate, Hematodinium sp". The Journal...
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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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senile = Frilled Anemone Urticina felina = Northern Red Anemone Callinectes sapidus = Atlantic Blue Crab Carcinus maenas (European green crab; invasive...
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control. Bacterial shell disease was first described in Penaeus and Callinectes sapidus by Cook and Lofton (1973). Hasson, KW; Lightner, DV; Poulos, BT;...
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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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