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The blue crab is so named because of its sapphire-tinted claws. Its shell, or carapace, is actually a mottled brownish color, and mature females have red highlights on the tips of their pincers.

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They eat almost anything, even some little blue crabs.

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The importance of the blue crab in the bay's ecosystem.

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The importance of the blue crab in the bay's ecosystem.

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The blue crab is important by being a bottom feeder and having recreational catches in the Chesapeake bay.

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Blue crabs are found in brackish coastal lagoons and estuaries from nova scotia, through the gulf of ,  Mexico, and as far south as Uruguay.

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Juvenile blue crabs develop a mutualism with aquatic plants.

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▶ 1:21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpNayQkwwkg

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-Male blue crabs are known as "jimmies" while mature females are called "sooks"

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Males remain in lower-salinity waters while females migrate to higher-salinity water to spawn.

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Blue crabs are preyed upon by red drum, croaker, striped bass, and other blue crabs.

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The scientific name for the blue crab is: Callinctes sapidus it means savory beautiful swimmer.