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Atlantic blue crab

Length

up to 23 cm (shell (carapace) width, up to 9 inches across (Chesapeake Bay Program))

Lifespan in the wild

up to 3 years (few blue crabs live longer than three years (Chesapeake Bay Program))

Lives in

Canada, United States, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and 13 more places