Callinectes sapidus (from the Greek calli- = beautiful nectes = swimmer and Latin sapidus = savory) the blue crab Atlantic blue crab or regionally as the Chesapeake 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.
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