Image: Line0806 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library
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Description: The sex of a blue crab is determined by the shape of the "apron. The male apron, shown here, is shaped like a rocket. Females have either a "V" shape (immature) or a very wide apron with a small tip (mature.) 1999 July 25.
Title: Line0806 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library
Credit: NOAA Photo Library: line0806
Author: Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist, NOAA.
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