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Callinectes sapidus. 3. Ventral surface of a virgin female, showing the narrow triangular abdomen. 4. Ventral surface of an ovigerous female, showing thebroad, semicircular abdomen.In: Life History of the Blue Crab (Callinectes Sapidus by W. P. Hay. Reportof the Bureau of Fisheries 1904. P. 413, Plate II. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection)