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Photo #5 of 8. Having reached the buster molt stage, a Maryland blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tastybeautiful swimmer.
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