This blog is dedicated to the environmental well-being of our Florida coastal habitat.

This blog is
dedicated to the environmental well-being of coastal habitat.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Gulf crab

Callinectes similis  (male)
Three other species  look like the gulf crab and are difficult to tell apart. All have four “teeth” between their eyes whereas the blue crab has two.  The Gulf crab is noticeably smaller than the  Blue crab at maturity. --Photos by Dave Bulloch