Pyle, Robert W., and L. Eugene Cronin. 



1950. The general anatomy of the blue crab 

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 logical Laboratory, Solomons, Md., Publica- 

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A presentation of the external and internal 

 anatomy of the adult, accompanied by 

 figures. 



Raney, E. C. 



1954. Blue crab, p. 154. In A. J. McClane 

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Popular account of life history, growth, 

 habitat, fishery, and industry. Reported 

 that 80 million pounds, yielding 14 million 

 pounds of meat, are taken annually. 



Rathbun, Mary J. 



1893. List of Crustacea collected, p. 89-90. In 



B. W. Evermann, A report upon investigations 



made in Texas in 1891. Bulletin of the U. S. 



Fish Commission for 1891, vol. 11, p. 61-90. 



Blue crabs (small, except for one large 



male) collected in Texas waters represented 



the southernmost records for this species. 



1896. The genus Callinectes. Proceedings of 



the U.S. National Museum, vol. 18, No. 1070, 



p. 349-375. 



Review of the taxonomic history of the 

 genus. Author changed name of C. hastatus 

 to C. sapidus and added a new subspecies, 

 C. sapidus acutidens. Analytical key to the 

 genus. The habits, growth, and economic 

 value of blue crabs are discussed. Plates 

 illustrate the various species, crab deformi- 

 ties, frontal outlines, abdominal outlines 

 and appendages, and a fossil Callinectes. 

 1900. Synopses of North-American inverte- 

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Key to the species of Callinectes and their 

 geographical distribution. 

 1902. The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto 

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 for 1900, vol. 20, Pt. 2, p. 1-127. 



Included is a key to the Puerto Rican 

 species of the genus Callinectes. C. sapidus 

 acutidens is described and its distribution 

 given. 



1905. Fauna of New England. 5. List of the 

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Habitat of the blue crab and its occurrence 

 in New England (Massachusetts, Rhode 

 Island, and Connecticut). 

 1930. Genus Callinectes Stimpson, p. 98-132. 

 In Mary J. Rathbun, The cancroid crabs of 

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Taxonomy and distribution of the various 

 species of Callinectes. Description of C. 

 sapidus and C. sapidus acutidens. 

 1933. Brachyuran crabs of Porto Rico and the 

 Virgin Islands, p. 1-121. In Scientific survey 

 of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. New 

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 Taxonomic key to species of Callinectes (p. 

 47-49). The distribution of C. sapidus 

 acutidens, collected in Puerto Rico, is given 

 as East Florida to Rio de Janeiro. 

 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and 

 Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of 

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Fossil records for the blue crab from 

 various geological epochs. 



Rathbun, Richard. 



1884. The common edible or blue crab, 

 Callinectes hastatus Ordway, p. 775-778. In 

 George Brown Goode [ed.] The fisheries and 

 fishery industries of the United States, Sec- 

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Distribution, habitat, external characteris- 

 tics of the hard- and soft-shell state, and 

 the industry on the Gulf and Atlantic 

 coasts. 

 1887. The crab fisheries, p. 629-658. In 

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Distribution of the blue crab, hard and soft 

 state, use as bait, fishery, methods of 

 fishing, canning, and transporting. Severe 

 winters reportedly kill many blue crabs. 



Rawls, Charles K. 



1965. Field tests of herbicide toxicity to 



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