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Ornate Blue Crab (Callinectes ornatus)
Invertebrateverified

Callinectes ornatus

Ordway, 1863

Ornate Blue Crab

Also known as: Shelligs, Ornate Crab, Shelling Crab

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Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Portunidae

Other species in Portunidae

Spiny Hands (Charybdis hellerii)

Charybdis hellerii

Spiny Hands

Four-Eyed Swimming Crab (Achelous sebae)

Achelous sebae

Four-Eyed Swimming Crab

Blunt-Tooth Swimming Crab (Callinectes bocourti)

Callinectes bocourti

Blunt-Tooth Swimming Crab

Crevice Sculling Crab (Achelous tumidulus)

Achelous tumidulus

Crevice Sculling Crab

Delicate Swimming Crab (Achelous anceps)

Achelous anceps

Delicate Swimming Crab

Marbled Swimcrab (Callinectes marginatus)

Callinectes marginatus

Marbled Swimcrab

American Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Callinectes sapidus

American Blue Crab

Laleonectes vocans

Laleonectes vocans

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