Blue Crab
Callinectes sapidus
Category: Crabs & Lobsters
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Portunidae
- Genus
- Callinectes
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 13 countries and 4 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 37 records
- Ksamil, Albania - 12 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 3 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Alonissos Marine Park, Greece - 9 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 10 records
- Halkidiki, Greece - 29 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 6 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- Budva & Bar, Montenegro - 1 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 13 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 8 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 4 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 9 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 118847 records