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    Species Accepted

    Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896

    American blue crab
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Callinectes

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 24 countries or islands

      24 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullNoUnknown
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      AlbaniaNo
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BulgariaNo
      BahamasYes
      GermanyNo
      DenmarkYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      48 results
      American blue crab English
      Atlantic Blue Crab English
      Blaukrabbe German
      Blå svømmekrabbe dnj
      Blåkrabba Swedish
      Caranguejo-azul Portuguese
      Chesapeake Bay swimming crab English
      Common Blue Crab English
      Crabe bleu américain French
      Cranc blau Catalan–Valencian

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      3 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
      Rathbun, M. J. (1896). The genus Callinectes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 18. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.18-1070.349 10.5479/si.00963801.18-1070.349Published in
      VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota’s, BIN 2016_001, Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
      National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].
      FA Bisby, YR Roskov, MA Ruggiero, TM Orrell, LE Paglinawan, PW Brewer, N Bailly, J van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
      Bermuda Biodiversity Database.
      Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017, Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978–3–662–52869–3. XII, 574 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-52869-3 10.1007/978-3-662-52869-3
      Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l’Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.
      Latreille, [P.A.]. (1825). Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insects. Agasse Imprimeur-Libraire, Paris, Vol. 10. 833 pp. [Pp. 1–344 published 1 Oct 1825; pp. 345–832 + errata published 13 Dec 1828; see Evenhuis, 2002 (Zootaxa 166)].
      PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/

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