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Genus of crabs
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 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 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 .