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title: "Blauwe zwemkrab"
description: "Callinectes sapidus — Andere dieren. Callinectes sapidus, commonly known as the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/atlantic-blue-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blauwe zwemkrab

> Callinectes sapidus — Andere dieren. Callinectes sapidus, commonly known as the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico,  and introduced internationally.

- Scientific name: *Callinectes sapidus*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 25662
- Wikidata: [Q844839](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844839)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49504](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49504)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Blue Crab
- de: Blaukrabbe
- es: Cangrejo azul
- fr: Crabe bleu
- nl: Blauwe zwemkrab
- pt: Siri-azul
- pl: Kalinek błękitny

## Countries with the most observations

US (17015), IT (1206), ES (765), GR (392), PT (343), FR (229), BR (213), AL (205), MX (178), UY (118), HR (106), TR (89)

## Summary

Callinectes sapidus, commonly known as the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico,  and introduced internationally.
C. sapidus is of considerable culinary and economic importance in the United States, particularly in Louisiana, the Carolinas, the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, and New Jersey. It is Maryland's largest commercial fishery and has been designated its state crustacean. Due to overfishing and environmental pressures some of the fisheries have seen declining yields, especially in the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinectes_sapidus

## Photo

![Blauwe zwemkrab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-blue-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8787724

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-blue-crab?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).