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Chesapeake Bay
The Blue Crab
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Photo #6 of 8. Having reached the buster molt stage, a Maryland blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer.
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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.
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Photo #8 of 8. Having reached the buster molt stage, a Maryland blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tastyThe genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer.
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Photo #1 of 8. Having reached the buster molt stage, a Maryland blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, has begun the process of shedding its shell.The genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer.
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Photo #2 of 8. Having reached the buster molt stage, a Maryland blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. During its lifetime a crab may molt 20 to 25 times, increasing its size as much as 1/4 to 1/3 each time.The genus and species mean tast
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Photo #3 of 8. Having reached the buster molt stage, a Maryland blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tastybeautiful swimmer.
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Photo #4 of 8. Having reached the buster molt stage, a Maryland blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. The genus and species mean tastybeautiful swimmer.
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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.
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Bushels of blue crabs, bounty of the bay.
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Holding a soft-shell peeler crab (female)
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Holding a soft-shell peeler crab (female)
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A peeler crab (female). It will shed its shell within an hour.
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A mature blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, captured in a net.
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Juvenile blue crab.
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