WoRMS taxon details
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896
AphiaID: 107379
AphiaID: 107379
| 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) > Callinectes (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Callinectes Stimpson, 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Callinectes Stimpson, 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Callinectes sapidus acutidens Rathbun, 1896 Portunus diacantha Latreille, 1825 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Rathbun, M. J. 1986. The genus Callinectes. P.U.S. Mus. xviii, pp. 349-375, pls. xii-xxviii. [details] 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] additional source: Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p. [details] additional source: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Callinectes sapidus acutidens Rathbun, 1896 accepted as Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic Europe [details] Baltic sea [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Black Sea [details] Danish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East American Coast [details] East Coast of England [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] [details] German Bight [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details] Knokke [details] Knokke-Heist [details] Malta [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Nova Scotia [details] Oostduinkerke [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Uruguay [details] West Atlantic [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Callinectes sapidus To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (210 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To GenBank (10736 nucleotides; 163 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Alien species: The blue crab Callinectes sapidus is a crab species that occurs naturally along the Atlantic coast of America. It lives in shallow estuaries, and female blue crabs migrate to the sea to lay their eggs. After the eggs have hatched, the young crabs migrate to estuaries. In 1989, a dead blue crab was found in the cooling system of a factory in Antwerp, Belgium. Four years later, in 1993, the first living specimen was discovered in the cooling system of a nuclear factory in Doel, Belgium. The cold winter temperatures of Belgian waters more than likely prevent an explosive growth of this species in this region… [details] Distribution: Scattered records from Denmark to Mediterranean. Firmly established in east Mediterrenean. [details] Distribution: The adult crab C. sapidus inhabits estuaries and river mouths. [details] Distribution: Nova Scotia to Florida and Texas; Bermuda; West Indies to Uruguay [details] Habitat: Found in brackish waters from the sublittoral zone to 37 m depth, prefers mud substrate. [details] Importance: Important commercial softshell crab. [details] Reproduction: Females migrate toward seawater for egg laying. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Türkay, M. (2013). Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107379 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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