1. Did you know. A female crab is called a Jenny
Did you know? A female crab is called a Jenny. A male crab is called a Buck.
Did you know? Crabs have blue blood, Worms have green blood, and Starfish have clear blood.

2. Callinectes sapidus: The Blue Crab
Savory Beautiful Swimmers

5. The Blue Crab Member of the Crustacea
Exoskeleton of Chitin
Scavenger with parts for cutting, shredding, mashing
Stalked eyes
10 appendages, last pair called swimmerets
Carapace-shell
Cheliped- clawed feet

6. Blue Crabs Eating Video of Blue Crab eating Clam

7. Lifecycle Mostly bottom dwellers
following mating the female migrates to high salinity waters
eggs released into the water column

9. Lifecycle Continued Mature eggs are shed into the water column
Eggs hatch into zoea
Zoea undergo a molt and enter the megalops stage
Megalops larvae will molt to become small crabs

11. Crab Food Web