Callinectes rathbunae

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Callinectes rathbunae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Genus: Callinectes
Species: C. rathbunae
Binomial name
Callinectes rathbunae

Callinectes rathbunae is a species of Swimming crab. They live in the warm coastline of Mexico. The species are not used as food, but in kept in laboratory for research. Young crabs can be 1.7 to 6.4 cm in size.




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