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Callinectes

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Callinectes
Callinectes sapidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Subfamily: Portuninae
Genus: Callinectes
Stimpson, 1860 [1]

Callinectes is a genus of crabs containing species such as the Atlantic blue crab C. sapidus.[2]

Species

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Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Callinectes affinis Fausto, 1980 Brazil
Callinectes alabamensis Rathbun, 1935
Callinectes amnicola (Rochebrune, 1883) Cape Verde Islands and Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 Pacific coast of Central America.
Callinectes bellicosus Stimpson, 1859 Mexico
Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil
Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 Brazil and the West Indies.
Callinectes declivis Rathbun, 1918
Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) rugose swimming crab western Atlantic Ocean.
Callinectes jamaicensis Withers, 1924
Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863
Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 western Atlantic Ocean, as well the Caribbean coastlines.
Callinectes pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883) Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes paraensis Beurlen, 1958
Callinectes quiloensis Verma, 1977
Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930 warm coastal waters of Mexico.
Callinectes reticulatus Rathbun, 1918
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 Chesapeake blue crab western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
Callinectes similis Williams, 1966 lesser blue crab or dwarf crab Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from the United States to Colombia.
Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863 Eastern Pacific

References

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  1. ^ "Callinectes Stimpson, 1860". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  2. ^ De Grave (16 October 2024). "Callinectes Stimpson, 1860". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2025.

Further reading

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  • Rafael Robles; Christoph D. Schubart; Jesús E. Conde; Carlos Carmona-Suárez; Fernando Alvarez; José L. Villalobos; Darryl L. Felder (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of the American Callinectes Stimpson, 1860 (Brachyura: Portunidae), based on two partial mitochondrial genes". Marine Biology. 150 (6): 1265–1274. doi:10.1007/s00227-006-0437-7. S2CID 84807146.