Callinectes

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Callinectes
File:Blue crab on market in Piraeus - Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 20020819-317.jpg
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

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Callinectes affinis Fausto, 1980 Brazil
File:Callinectes amnicola.jpg Callinectes amnicola (Rochebrune, 1883) Cape Verde Islands and Mauritania to Angola.
File:Callinectes arcuatus1.jpg Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 Pacific coast of Central America.
File:Callinectes bellicosus.jpg Callinectes bellicosus Stimpson, 1859 Mexico
File:Callinectes bocourti (male - dorsal).jpg Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil
File:Callinectes danae.jpg Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 Brazil and the West Indies.
File:Callinectes exasperatus.jpg Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) rugose swimming crab western Atlantic Ocean.
Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893 Mauritania to Angola.
File:Callinectes marginatus.jpg Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola.
File:Callinectes ornatus (MNHN-IU-2014-8210).jpeg Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 western Atlantic Ocean, as well the Caribbean coastlines.
Callinectes pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883) Mauritania to Angola.
File:Callinectes rathbunae.jpg Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930 warm coastal waters of Mexico.
File:Care Banks - Blue Crab - 05.JPG Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 Chesapeake blue crab western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
File:Callinectes similis (I0695) (13048410225).jpg 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.
File:Callinectes-toxotes-dorso.jpg Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863 Eastern 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.

External links

  • 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.