Callinectes exasperatus (common name: rugose swimming crab) is a species of swimming crab native to the western Atlantic Ocean. The diet of this species is carrion. They are not commercially fished.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Callinectes |
| Species: | C. exasperatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856)[1]
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References edit
- ^ "Callinectes danae (Gerstaecker, 1856)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
External links edit
Media related to Callinectes exasperatus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Callinectes exasperatus at Wikispecies
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