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377:"Portunidae: Swimming Crabs"
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544:Callinectes marginatus
514:Callinectes marginatus
349:Callinectes marginatus
272:Callinectes marginatus
231:Callinectes marginatus
220:A. Milne-Edwards, 1861
204:A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
197:Callinectes diacanthus
170:Callinectes marginatus
25:Callinectes marginatus
775:Crustaceans of Brazil
209:Callinectes larvatus
700:Neptunus marginatus
399:. pp. 186–188.
236:sharptooth swimcrab
217:Neptunus marginatus
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670:SeaLifeBase
592:iNaturalist
538:Wikispecies
322:Hwini River
318:Congo River
281:C. larvatus
254:Description
139:Callinectes
108:Pleocyemata
759:Categories
715:Q109655307
489:2010-10-13
332:References
304:Mauritania
300:Nouadhibou
248:Portunidae
128:Portunidae
104:Suborder:
78:Arthropoda
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201:africanus
146:Species:
118:Brachyura
64:Kingdom:
58:Eukaryota
709:Wikidata
610:10833937
529:Q2934201
523:Wikidata
420:(1981).
360:June 14,
326:mudflats
320:and the
260:carapace
187:Synonyms
124:Family:
98:Decapoda
74:Phylum:
68:Animalia
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308:Angola
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683:WoRMS
675:26798
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483:(PDF)
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199:var.
737:GBIF
644:OBIS
631:NCBI
618:ITIS
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362:2011
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