Callinectes
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Callinectes is a genus of crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...

s, containing 16 species, including the Atlantic blue crab, C. sapidus:
  • Callinectes affinis Fausto, 1980
  • Callinectes amnicola (Rochebrune, 1883)
  • Callinectes arcuatus
    Callinectes arcuatus
    Callinectes arcuatus is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes that lives along the Pacific coast of Central America.-Distribution and ecology:...

    Ordway, 1863
  • Callinectes bellicosus
    Callinectes bellicosus
    Callinectes bellicosus is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes. They are native to warm waters and shorelines in Mexico. They are prepared and eaten in the same manner as blue crabs.-External links:*...

    Stimpson, 1859
  • Callinectes bocourti
    Callinectes bocourti
    Callinectes bocourti is a species of swimming crab. Its native range extends from Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil, but it has been found as a nonindigenous species as far north as North Carolina. This crab has a light brown shell with red spots and markings on it, and red claws and legs. C....

    A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
  • Callinectes danae
    Callinectes danae
    Callinectes danae is a species of swimming crab. The carapace is olive-brown and up to long; the walking legs are blue. The species is common in Brazil and the West Indies....

    Smith, 1869
  • Callinectes diacanthus
  • Callinectes exasperatus
    Callinectes exasperatus
    Callinectes exasperatus is a species of swimming crab. They can be found in the western Atlantic Ocean. The diet of this species is carrion. They are not commercially fished.-External links:*...

    (Gerstaecker, 1856)
  • Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893
  • Callinectes marginatus
    Callinectes marginatus
    Callinectes marginatus, known as the "sharptooth swimcrab" or "marbled swimcrab", is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes.-Description:...

    (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
  • Callinectes ornatus
    Callinectes ornatus
    Callinectes ornatus is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes. It can be distinguished from the closely related Atlantic blue crab by the presence of six frontal teeth on the carapace, compared with only four for C. sapidus. C. ornatus is also smaller, at a maximum carapace width of...

    Ordway, 1863
  • Callinectes pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883)
  • Callinectes rathbunae
    Callinectes rathbunae
    Callinectes rathbunae is a species of swimming crab. It occurs in warm coastal waters of Mexico. The species is not used as food, but is kept in laboratories for research. Young crabs can range from in size. The specific epithet rathbunae commemorates Mary J. Rathbun....

    Contreras, 1930
  • Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896
  • Callinectes similis
    Callinectes similis
    Callinectes similis, sometimes called the lesser blue crab or dwarf crab, is a species of blue crab described in 1966.-Description:...

    Williams, 1966
  • Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863
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