Callinectes sapidus
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callinectes-sapidus-165-17090945
title:
Callinectes sapidus
text:
Callinectes sapidus, the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally. C. sapidus is of considerable culinary and economic importance in the United States, particularly in Louisiana, the Carolinas, the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, and New Jersey. It is the Maryland state crustacean and the state's largest commercial fishery. Due to overfishing and
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Species of crustacean
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinectes_sapidus
date created:
2004-04-04T01:56:10Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T18:03:20Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
integrity:
16