Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 
AphiaID: 107379

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Malacostraca > Eumalacostraca > Eucarida > Decapoda > Pleocyemata > Brachyura > Eubrachyura > Heterotremata > Portunoidea > Portunidae > Portuninae > Callinectes

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Callinectes Stimpson, 1860
Parent		Callinectes Stimpson, 1860
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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Danish Blå svømmekrabbe  [details] Dutch blauwe krab  [details] Dutch blauwe zwemkrab  [details] English American blue crab  [details] English blue crab  [details] English hardshell crab  [details] English hardshell or softshell crab  [details] English softshell crab  [details] French crabe bleu  [details] German blaue Schwimmkrabbe  [details] German Blaukrabbe  [details] Italian granchio blu  [details] Italian granchio reale  [details] Modern Greek (1453-) Γαλαζοκάβουρας  [details] Portuguese siri-azul  [details] Portuguese siri-tinga  [details] Spanish cangrejo azul  [details] Spanish jaiba  [details]
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
Images		Callinectes sapidus added on 2008-11-07 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked Callinectes sapidus added on 2008-11-07 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked Callinectes sapidus added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107379
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Türkay, Michael
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		Citation: Türkay, M. (2013). Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107379 on 2013-05-25
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