Callinectes exasperatus

Callinectes exasperatus
Callinectes exasperatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Genus: Callinectes
Species: C. exasperatus
Binomial name
Callinectes exasperatus
(Gerstaecker, 1856)[1]

Callinectes exasperatus (common name: rugose swimming crab) is a species of swimming crab. They can be found in the western Atlantic Ocean. The diet of this species is carrion. They are not commercially fished.

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