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Callinectes

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Callinectes
Callinectes sapidus
Scientific classificationEdit 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]

Callinectesis a genus ofcrabs,containing 16 extant species, including the Atlantic blue crab,C. sapidus:[2]

Extant species

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Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Callinectes affinisFausto, 1980 Brazil
Callinectes amnicola(Rochebrune, 1883) Cape Verde Islands and Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes arcuatusOrdway, 1863 Pacific coast of Central America.
Callinectes bellicosusStimpson, 1859 Mexico
Callinectes bocourtiA. Milne-Edwards, 1879 Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil
Callinectes danaeSmith, 1869 Brazil and the West Indies.
Callinectes exasperatus(Gerstaecker, 1856) rugose swimming crab western Atlantic Ocean.
Callinectes gladiatorBenedict, 1893 Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes marginatus(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes ornatusOrdway, 1863 western Atlantic Ocean, as well the Caribbean coastlines.
Callinectes pallidus(Rochebrune, 1883) Mauritania to Angola.
Callinectes rathbunaeContreras, 1930 warm coastal waters of Mexico.
Callinectes sapidusRathbun, 1896 Chesapeake blue crab western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
Callinectes similisWilliams, 1966 lesser blue crab or dwarf crab Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from the United States to Colombia.
Callinectes toxotesOrdway, 1863 Eastern Pacific

References

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  1. ^"CallinectesStimpson, 1860 ".Integrated Taxonomic Information System.RetrievedJune 14,2011.
  2. ^Peter Davie; Michael Türkay (2011)."CallinectesStimpson, 1860 ".World Register of Marine Species.RetrievedJune 14,2011.
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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 AmericanCallinectesStimpson, 1860 (Brachyura: Portunidae), based on two partial mitochondrial genes ".Marine Biology.150(6): 1265–1274.doi:10.1007/s00227-006-0437-7.S2CID84807146.