2019•TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCESOpen access

A blue crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896) individual with two carapace widths: a case report

Akın Türker İlkyaz, Zafer Tosunoğlu

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In this study, findings of morphological deformation observed on a blue crab sampled in Köyceğiz Lagoon (Muğla, Turkey) are presented. The deformation is in the left lateral spine. It has been observed that this spine, which normally should have been one, developed as two independent spines. Due to this abnormality observed in the individual, the individual has two carapace widths.

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Key concepts: Callinectes, Carapace, Anatomy, Fishery, SPINE (molecular biology), Biology, Abnormality, Crustacean