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[edit] Disambiguation from other Blue Crabs, sorted biologically
There is at least one other "blue crab" eg. Portunus pelagicus, also known as the flower crab, blue crab, blue swimmer crab, blue manna crab or sand crab. So we need to disabmiguate - at the moment P. pelagicus is only available via biological name.
A possible solution would be to make Blue_crab the disambiguation page, noting the geographic choices and then direct people to the biologically correct page. To have Callinectes sapidus redirect to Blue crab seems to be back-to-front.
I'm happy to do the work, but wanted some input from the community before moving.
The same problem applies to sand crab (Ovalipes australiensis vs Hippoidea)or swimmer crab C. sapidus vs Liocarcinus depurator vs Liocarcinus marmoreus
[edit] The Evil Plan
- move current Blue Crab content to C. Sapidus, overwriting redirect (as move won't work)
- replace Blue Crab with the content below
Blue Crab can refer a number of species including:
- Callinectes sapidus found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
- Portunus pelagicus found in the intertidal estuaries of the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Asian coasts) and the Middle-Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
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