Callinectes

Callinectes (Blue crabs) is a genus of crabs. Sixteen species are in this genus. These species include the Atlantic blue crab, C. sapidus:

Callinectes
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Callinectes sapidus
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Callinectes

• Callinectes affinis Fausto, 1980
• Callinectes amnicola (Rochebrune, 1883)
• Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863
• Callinectes bellicosus Stimpson, 1859
• Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
• Callinectes danae Smith, 1869
• Callinectes diacanthus
• Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856)
• Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893
• Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
• Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863
• Callinectes pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883)
• Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930
• Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896
• Callinectes similis Williams, 1966
• Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863

Callinectes Media

• Callinectes amnicola

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  Callinectes arcuatus, a blue swimming crab, photographed on Isla Espiritu Santo in the Gulf of California

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  Callinectes bellicosus. Estero La Cruz, Son., México.

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  Callinectes bocourti (male - dorsal)

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  Callinectes danae from the Patos Lagoon Estuary, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, photographed in April 2009. The crab has the right anterior limb regenerated after an amputation.

• Callinectes exasperatus.jpg

  Blue crab claws, common local name in spanish: Jaiba, at La Restinga Lagoon, Margarita island, Venezuela.

• Callinectes marginatus.jpg

  Callinectes marginatus. Species of crustacean.

• Callinectes ornatus (MNHN-IU-2014-8210).jpeg

  Callinectes ornatus (MNHN-IU-2014-8210)

• Callinectes rathbunae.jpg

  Callinectes rathbunae. Progreso, Yucatán

• Care Banks - Blue Crab - 05.JPG

  Care Banks - Blue Crab - 05

Other websites

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