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 16 extant species, including the Atlantic blue crab, C. sapidus:[2]

Extant species

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Callinectes affinis Fausto, 1980Brazil
Callinectes amnicola (Rochebrune, 1883)Cape Verde Islands and Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863Pacific coast of Central America.
Callinectes bellicosus Stimpson, 1859Mexico
Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil
Callinectes danae Smith, 1869Brazil and the West Indies.
Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856)rugose swimming crabwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863western Atlantic Ocean, as well the Caribbean coastlines.
Callinectes pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883)Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930warm coastal waters of Mexico.
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896Chesapeake blue crabwestern Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
Callinectes similis Williams, 1966lesser blue crab or dwarf crabWestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from the United States to Colombia.
Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863Eastern Pacific

References

  1. "Callinectes Stimpson, 1860". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  2. Peter Davie; Michael Türkay (2011). "Callinectes Stimpson, 1860". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  • 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.


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