Callinectes exasperatus

Tags: Crustacean.

Callinectes exasperatus (common name: rugose swimming crab) is a species of swimming crab. They can be found in the western Atlantic Ocean. The diet of this species is carrion. They are not commercially fished.

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binomial authority: Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker
class: Malacostraca
family: Portunidae
genus: Callinectes
kingdom: Animal
order: Decapoda, Crab
phylum: Arthropod, Crustacean

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