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Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

Photo by ForestDragon
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium sized crab. Greenish brown on dorsum. Underside pale. Bluish tint to legs. Orange claws. This is a younger specimen so the color is paler. The crab was alive but very sluggish.

Habitat:

Gardiner County Park. Beach of the Great South Bay.

Notes:

There were several of these guys of varying sizes. Some alive some not apparently alive. I believe the cold weather may have had an impact on the health of these crabs (the bay froze and thawed a couple of times during the winter).

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Callinectes sapidus

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