Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus    
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An Atlantic Blue Crab in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/4/2015). Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

An Atlantic Blue Crab in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/4/2015). Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

An Atlantic Blue Crab that wandered all the way up the Patapsco River to Lost Lake, Howard Co., Maryland (7/20/2011). Photo by Jon Corcoran. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/26/2021). (c) sercfisheries, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

An Atlantic Blue Crab in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/22/2016). Photo by Jared Satchell. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/15/2022). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in Calvert Co., Maryland (2/26/2016). (c) Allison Burnett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Allison Burnett via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

An Atlantic Blue Crab in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/15/2020). Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in Calvert Co., Maryland (5/24/2020). (c) solomonsislandheritagetours, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by solomonsislandheritagetours via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

An Atlantic Blue Crab in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/20/2014). Measured 14 mm. Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/5/2019). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

An Atlantic Blue Crab falls prey to an immature Great Black-backed Gull in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/22/2016). Photo by Mike Burchett. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/7/2023). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

An Atlantic Blue Crab caught stealing bait off Hooper's Island in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/1/2016). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/30/2010). (c) Matt Tillett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by mtillett via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/22/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/14/2022). (c) human landfill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by human_landfill via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

An Atlantic Blue Crab in mud in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/9/2016). Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/12/2019). (c) Ken Rosenthal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ken Rosenthal via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Atlantic Blue Crab in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (11/7/2022). BILATERAL GYNANDROMORPH: Half male (Fig. A, Left), half female apron (Right), blue-tipped male claw (left), and red-tipped (female) claw (right). () (c) ernesthwilliams, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by ernesthwilliams via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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