Callinectes ornatus
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callinectes-ornatus-238-881332
title:
Callinectes ornatus
text:
Callinectes ornatus is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes. It can be distinguished from the closely related Atlantic blue crab by the presence of six frontal teeth on the carapace, compared with only four for C. sapidus. C. ornatus is also smaller, at a maximum carapace width of only 93 millimetres (3.7 in), compared to 230 mm (9.1 in) in C. sapidus, and is therefore not commercially exploited. Their shells are light yellow-brown to red-brown in color. The lower tips of the claw
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description:
Species of crab
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinectes_ornatus
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date modified:
2024-04-16T15:50:55Z
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