buster
Callinectes sapidus
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- buster
English buster (moult-stage term for a blue crab actively shedding); agent noun of bust (to break open), for the old shell splitting along the back seam
Swimming crab (Portunidae) native to the western Atlantic from Cape Cod to Argentina. Distinctive blue coloration, carapace up to 23cm wide. Invasive in the Mediterranean, where it threatens native mollusk populations.