. Higher Crustacea of New York city. Crustacea. 142 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Family poktunidae Callinectes hastatus Ordway Edible crab, blue crab Callinectes hastatus Orel way. Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist. 1863. 7 Verrill. /. c. 1874. Lupa diacantha DeKay. /. c. p. 10, , Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, M. J. U. S. Nat. Mus. Proc. 1896. 18:349, Carapace twice as long as broad, with a sharp spine at each side Last pair of legs with the terminal segment flattened. Color dark Fig. 11 Callinectes hastatus (After Ra hbun) This is the common form sold in the markets and
. Higher Crustacea of New York city. Crustacea. 142 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Family poktunidae Callinectes hastatus Ordway Edible crab, blue crab Callinectes hastatus Orel way. Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist. 1863. 7 Verrill. /. c. 1874. Lupa diacantha DeKay. /. c. p. 10, , Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, M. J. U. S. Nat. Mus. Proc. 1896. 18:349, Carapace twice as long as broad, with a sharp spine at each side Last pair of legs with the terminal segment flattened. Color dark Fig. 11 Callinectes hastatus (After Ra hbun) This is the common form sold in the markets and is doubtless the most familiar of the Brachyura to those who are not naturalists. It occurs on the bottoms of the bays or clinging to the seaweeds on the wharves and extends some distance up into fresh water, specimens having been taken at Newburgh. As may be supposed from the finlike posterior legs, it is a good swimmer and may often be found at the surface. The young do not have the characteristic color of the adult, but are much lighter, with numerous small black spots, and closely resemble the sand and pebbles on which they live. They are just as pugnacious as the adult and, when cornered, dance around, hold-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Paulmier, Frederick Clark, 1873-1906. Albany, New York State Education Department
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