WoRMS taxon details
Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863
158053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158053)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ordway, A. (1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Callinectes</i>. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History, Containing Papers and Communications, Read to the Boston Society of Natural History, 1859–1863.</em> 7(4): 567-583. [details] 
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m)
Distribution Bermuda; Virginia, North and South Carolina through Southern Florida; northwestern Yucatan to Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]
Distribution Bermuda; Virginia, North and South Carolina through Southern Florida; northwestern Yucatan to Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Distribution Bermuda; Virginia, North and South Carolina through Southern Florida; northwestern Yucatan to Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158053 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Ordway, A. (1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Callinectes</i>. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History, Containing Papers and Communications, Read to the Boston Society of Natural History, 1859–1863.</em> 7(4): 567-583. [details]
basis of record Williams, A. B. (1984). Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Williams, A. B. (1984). Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Brues, C.T. (1927). Occurrence of the marine crab <i>Callinectes ornatus</i> in brackish and fresh water. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 6(677): 566–568., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/280178 [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
[request]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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]Distribution Bermuda; Virginia, North and South Carolina through Southern Florida; northwestern Yucatan to Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil. [details]
Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shelligsornate blue crab | [details] |
| German | Nordwestatlantische BlaukrabbeBlaue Schmuck-Schwimmkrabbe | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (91 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callinectes ornatus)
To GenBank (135 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (182 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 052904)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callinectes ornatus)
To GenBank (135 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (182 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 052904)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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