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Callinectes sapidus
Α Blue crab carapace spotted at Agia Marina beach, Stylida, Greece. The species is considered an invasive species in Mediterranean and the last few years its population is growing really fast in the Greek waters, although it is fished extensively...
Spotted on Apr 6, 2013
Submitted on Apr 8, 2013
2 Comments
I'm not so sure about that, dear @Keithp2012...It's broken in the one side, and I didn't see anything else around that beach, like walking legs, fins or claws, there was only that old shell. Anyway I found some amazing pics of a molting blue crab, explaining the whole procedure
http://www.bluecrab.info/busting.php
That's its shed shell