Sesarma reticulatum
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Sesarma reticulatum, the purple marsh crab or simply marsh crab, is a crab species native to the salt marshes of the eastern United States.
Sesarma reticulatum
Callinectes sapidus
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Callinectes sapidus, commonly known as the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf o
Sesarma reticulatum
…development, providing food for predators. Their overpopulation, caused by over-harvesting by recreational fishermen of its natural predators such as blue crabs, striped bass, smooth dogfish and cod, has been blamed for the decline in cordgrass found in the salt marshes of Cape Cod and the decrease in the extent…
The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis Atlantic blue crab
Blue crab escaping from a net (Core Banks, North Carolina)
Females (or "sooks") have a broad abdomen, similar to the shape of the dome of the United States Capitol.
Males (or "jimmies") have a narrow abdomen, resembling the Washington Monument.