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    Species Accepted

    Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896

    American blue crab
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Callinectes

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 7 countries or islands

      7 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      CyprusNo
      GreeceYes
      Netherlands (Kingdom of the)No
      Netherlands (Kingdom of the)No
      Netherlands (Kingdom of the)No
      UkraineNo
      Viet NamNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      48 results
      American blue crab English
      Atlantic Blue Crab English
      Blaukrabbe German
      Blå svømmekrabbe dnj
      Blåkrabba Swedish
      Caranguejo-azul Portuguese
      Chesapeake Bay swimming crab English
      Common Blue Crab English
      Crabe bleu américain French
      Cranc blau Catalan–Valencian

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      3 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
      Latreille, [P.A.]. (1825). Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insects. Agasse Imprimeur-Libraire, Paris, Vol. 10. 833 pp. [Pp. 1–344 published 1 Oct 1825; pp. 345–832 + errata published 13 Dec 1828; see Evenhuis, 2002 (Zootaxa 166)]. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=230097
      Young C. G. 1900. The Stalk-eyed Crustacea of British Guiana, West Indies and Bermuda. J. M. Watkins, London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10670
      Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France, 307 pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=9269
      Bermuda Biodiversity Database. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=408337
      Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 43: 419–453. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 10.1201/9781420037449.ch8
      Adema, J. P. H. M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=51
      Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l’Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=163040
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Dyntaxa (2021). Svensk taxonomisk databas. Besökt på www.dyntaxa.se den ('dagens datum').
      Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1392

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