Summary ⁴

Callinectes bocourti is a species of swimming crab. Its native range extends from Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil, but it has been found as a nonindigenous species as far north as North Carolina. This crab has a light brown shell with red spots and markings on it, and red claws and legs.C. bocourti is edible and has been the subject of small-scale fishery.

Link to Access Genomic Data ⁵

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=146763&lvl=0

Sources and Credits

1. (c) bathyporeia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/81858878@N00/14429912505/
2. (c) bathyporeia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/81858878@N00/14481815972/
3. (c) Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3507/3206000509_2661786310_b.jpg
4. Adapted by matbio from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinectes_bocourti
5. (c) Emily Rose Sharkey, all rights reserved

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