WoRMS taxon details
Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
241106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:241106)
accepted
Species
Callinectes humphreyi Jones, 1968 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neptunus marginatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Neptunus marginatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) Milne-Edwards, A. (1861). Études zoologiques sur les Crustacés récents de la famille des Portuniens. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 10: 309-428, pls. XXVIII–XXXVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10629 [details] 
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m)
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241106 on 2026-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Callinectes humphreyi Jones, 1968) Jones, H.G. (1968). Preliminary studies on the brachyuran Crustacea of Barbados. II. <em>Journal of the Barbados Museum and Natural Historical Society, Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Barbados.</em> 32(4): 187-189. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Neptunus marginatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) Milne-Edwards, A. (1861). Études zoologiques sur les Crustacés récents de la famille des Portuniens. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 10: 309-428, pls. XXVIII–XXXVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10629 [details]
original description (of Callinectes diacanthus var. africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) Milne-Edwards, A. (1873-1880). Études sur les xiphosures et les crustacés de la région mexicaine. In: Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale, ouvrage publié par odre du Ministre de l'Instruction publique. Recherches Zoologiques pour servir à l'histoire de la faune de l'Amérique centrale et du Mexique, publiées sous la direction de M. H. Milne Edwards, membre de l'Institut. Imprimerie nationale, Paris. Cinquième partie. Tome premier. [8 unpaginated] + 1–368 + [63 unpaginated plate legends], pls. 1–61 + 5A + 31A [= 63 plates]. {Dates of publication—Livraison 1: [6 unpaginated] + pp. 1–24, pls. 1–7: 20 September 1873; Livraison 2: pp. 25–56, pls. 8–14: 28 October 1873; Livraison 3: pp. 57–120, pls. 15–20: 4 December 1875; Livraison 4: pp. 121–184, pls. 21–27, 29, 30: 1878; Livraison 5: pp. 185–224, pls. 31–39: 1879; Livraison 6: pp. 225–264, pls. 40–43, 45–48, 5A: 1879; Livraison 7: pp. 265–312, pls. 31A, 44, 49–54: 1880; Livraison 8: pp. 313–368 + [8 unpaginated pp.], pls. 55–61: 1880}. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209106 [details]
basis of record Charles H.J.M. Fransen (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Neptunus marginatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) Milne-Edwards, A. (1861). Études zoologiques sur les Crustacés récents de la famille des Portuniens. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 10: 309-428, pls. XXVIII–XXXVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10629 [details]
original description (of Callinectes diacanthus var. africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) Milne-Edwards, A. (1873-1880). Études sur les xiphosures et les crustacés de la région mexicaine. In: Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale, ouvrage publié par odre du Ministre de l'Instruction publique. Recherches Zoologiques pour servir à l'histoire de la faune de l'Amérique centrale et du Mexique, publiées sous la direction de M. H. Milne Edwards, membre de l'Institut. Imprimerie nationale, Paris. Cinquième partie. Tome premier. [8 unpaginated] + 1–368 + [63 unpaginated plate legends], pls. 1–61 + 5A + 31A [= 63 plates]. {Dates of publication—Livraison 1: [6 unpaginated] + pp. 1–24, pls. 1–7: 20 September 1873; Livraison 2: pp. 25–56, pls. 8–14: 28 October 1873; Livraison 3: pp. 57–120, pls. 15–20: 4 December 1875; Livraison 4: pp. 121–184, pls. 21–27, 29, 30: 1878; Livraison 5: pp. 185–224, pls. 31–39: 1879; Livraison 6: pp. 225–264, pls. 40–43, 45–48, 5A: 1879; Livraison 7: pp. 265–312, pls. 31A, 44, 49–54: 1880; Livraison 8: pp. 313–368 + [8 unpaginated pp.], pls. 55–61: 1880}. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209106 [details]
basis of record Charles H.J.M. Fransen (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Parasram, N., Santana, W. & Vallès, H. (2023). Checklist of the shallow-water marine Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Barbados, West Indies. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5314(1): 1–62., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5314.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (Bermuda)
Markham, J. C.; McDermott, J. J. (1980). A tabulation of the Crustacea Decapoda of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93(4): 1266-1276 [details]
context source (CoRMS) Rathbun M.J. 1930. The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 152. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 609 p., 230 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muñoz, Isabel; García-Isarch, Eva; Sobrino, Ignacio; Burgos, Candelaria; Funny, Rita; González-Porto, Marcos. (2012). Distribution, abundance and assemblages of decapod crustaceans in waters off Guinea-Bissau (north-west Africa). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 92 issue 3, p. 475-494., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315411001895 [details]
additional source Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. <i>Hydrobiologia 258(1-3)</i>: 151-163 (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (CoRMS) Rathbun M.J. 1930. The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 152. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 609 p., 230 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muñoz, Isabel; García-Isarch, Eva; Sobrino, Ignacio; Burgos, Candelaria; Funny, Rita; González-Porto, Marcos. (2012). Distribution, abundance and assemblages of decapod crustaceans in waters off Guinea-Bissau (north-west Africa). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 92 issue 3, p. 475-494., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315411001895 [details]
additional source Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. <i>Hydrobiologia 258(1-3)</i>: 151-163 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Neptunus marginatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callinectes marginatus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Neptunus marginatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (117 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Neptunus marginatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callinectes marginatus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Neptunus marginatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (117 records)
To ITIS
