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Sponge crab. A female blue crab with a mass of eggs attached beneath herabdomen, where she carries them until they hatch. The so-called sponge maycontain up to 2 million eggs. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection | G. B. Talbot BCF)
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NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection
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G. B. Talbot BCF
Collection
Historic Fisheries