The Blue Crab
Callinectes sapidus

The Blue Crab is a beautiful crab that is either bright blue or dark blue. The female is usually darker than the male. The Blue crab can live anywhere from Cape Cod all the way to Uruguay. This organism is classified as C​allinectes sapidus.​M​ore

specifically classified to: domain is Eukarya, kingdom is anamailia, phylum is Arthropoda, class is Malactraca, order is Decapoda, family is Portunia, genus is Callinectes, and species is sapidus. A behavioral adaptation of the Blue Crab is it is very aggressive when it is threatened. A structural adaptation of this organism is they have pincers so the Blue Crab can defend itself and grab things more easily. A functional adaptation is that the Blue Crab can go down thirty six miles deep in the ocean. The Blue Crab eats mussels, clams, oysters, and vegetables. This means that the Blue Crab is heterophic. It is threatened by the Red Drum Fish, Atlantic Croaker, herons, sea turtles, and humans. The blue crab is​e​ctothermic and bilateral. This means that if you cut the Blue Crab in half and fold it, it would line up evenly.