Callinectes is a genus of crabs, containing 16 extant species, including the Atlantic blue crab, C. sapidus:[2]

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]

Extant species

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Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Callinectes affinis Fausto, 1980 Brazil
  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 exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) rugose swimming crab western Atlantic Ocean.
Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893 Mauritania to Angola.
  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 rathbunae Contreras, 1930 warm coastal waters of Mexico.
  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. ^ Peter Davie; Michael Türkay (2011). "Callinectes Stimpson, 1860". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 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 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.