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Blue crabs | image by John via Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0. Scientific name: Callinectes sapidus. Blue crabs are the most popular species of crab to eat in Florida and live in almost all of Florida’s coastal waters. They have olive to grayish-blue bodies and bright blue legs and claws.
Appearance. Brilliant blue color on front claws (tips are red in females); olive or blueish-green carapace (shell) Have one pair of claws, three pairs of walking legs, and one pair of legs shaped like paddles for swimming. Juveniles have bright red-orange at claw elbow joints.
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Blue crabs occur throughout Florida and are found in fresh, brackish, and saline ecosystems. Not only are they a key biological component of these ecosystems, they are commercially and recreationally fished. The blue crab fishery is in the top five most valuable fisheries in Florida.
Blue land crab, photographed at Ocean Ridge Natural Area, Ocean Ridge, Palm Beach County, in August 2013. Blue land crabs are Florida's largest semi-terrestrial crab. And a tasty meal for some. Scientifically, they're known as Cardisoma quanhumi.
2 wrz 2018 · Blue crabs are one of the few crabs with swimming appendages. Photo: Molly O’Connor. But who is this crab that we enjoy so much? What do we know about it? As you probably already know, it is one of an estimated 30,000 species of arthropods we call crustaceans.
