WoRMS taxon details
Callinectes Stimpson, 1860
AphiaID: 106921
AphiaID: 106921
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Portunoidea (Superfamily) > Portunidae (Family) > Portuninae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (type by subsequent designation) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Portuninae Rafinesque, 1815 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Stephenson, W. (1972). An annotated checklist and key to the Indo-Pacific swimming crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae). Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin No. 10. [details] additional source: Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Callinectes affinis Fausto, 1980 Species Callinectes amnicola (Rochebrune, 1883) Species Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 Species Callinectes bellicosus Stimpson, 1859 Species Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 Species Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 Species Callinectes diacanthus Species Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) Species Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893 Species Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) Species Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 Species Callinectes pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883) Species Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930 Species Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 Species Callinectes similis Williams, 1966 Species Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863 Species Callinectes alcocki P. S. Chen, 1933 accepted as Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) Species Callinectes alexandri Rathbun, 1907 accepted as Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783) Species Callinectes dubia Kingsley, 1879 accepted as Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 Species Callinectes humphreyi H. G. Jones, 1968 accepted as Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 Species Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863 accepted as Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) Species Callinectes latimanus Rathbun, 1897 accepted as Callinectes amnicola (Rochebrune, 1883) Species Callinectes madagascariensis (Hoffman) accepted as Portunus (Portunus) madagascariensis (Hoffmann, 1877) Species Callinectes maracaiboensis Taissoun, 1962 accepted as Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 Species Callinectes nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 accepted as Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 Species Callinectes ochoterenai Contreras, 1930 accepted as Callinectes bellicosus Stimpson, 1859 Species Callinectes platei P. S. Chen, 1933 accepted as Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) Species Callinectes pleuriticus Ordway, 1863 accepted as Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 Species Callinectes tumidus Ordway, 1863 accepted as Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Seven species of this genus occur in America and in Western Africa. The only species described from Indo-West Pacific is based on the holotype only, which is since lost <420>. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106921 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Davie, P.; Türkay, M. (2013). Callinectes Stimpson, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106921 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||||||||
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