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Description
Photo #7 of 8. Having reached the buster molt stage, a Maryland blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tastybeautiful swimmer. (Image credit: Mary Hollinger)
Photographer
Mary Hollinger
Display Date
1999 October 16
Location
Tangier Island, Virginia
Collection
America's Coastlines
Chesapeake Bay
Beautiful Swimmer - The Blue Crab
NOAA Affiliation
NODC biologist
Keywords
Coastline
Chesapeake Bay Virginia