Atlantic blue crab
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| phylum | Arthropoda | The Atlantic blue crab is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally. C. sapidus is of significant culinary and economic importance in the United States, particularly in Louisiana and in the Chesapeake Bay. It is the Maryland state crustacean and is the states largest commercial fishery. Louisiana harvests the most blue crab of all states in America by a significant margin. Most crabs sold in Maryland were caught in Louisiana.
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| subphylum | Crustacea | |
| class | Malacostraca | |
| order | Decapoda | |
| infraorder | Brachyura | |
| family | Portunidae | |
| genus | Callinectes | |
| species | C. sapidus |
