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Callinectes Stimpson, 1860

Callinectes sapidus
Callinectes sapidus

106921  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106921)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Portunoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Portunidae (Family)
  16. Portuninae (Subfamily)
  17. Callinectes (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Callinectes affinis Fausto-Filho, 1980
  2. Species Callinectes alabamensis Rathbun, 1935 †
  3. Species Callinectes amnicola (de Rochebrune, 1883)
  4. Species Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863
  5. Species Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson, 1859)
  6. Species Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
  7. Species Callinectes danae Smith, 1869
  8. Species Callinectes declivis Rathbun, 1918 †
  9. Species Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856)
  10. Species Callinectes jamaicensis Withers, 1924 †
  11. Species Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863
  12. Species Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
  13. Species Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863
  14. Species Callinectes pallidus (de Rochebrune, 1883)
  15. Species Callinectes paraensis Beurlen, 1958 †
  16. Species Callinectes quilonensis Verma, 1977 †
  17. Species Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930
  18. Species Callinectes reticulatus Rathbun, 1918 †
  19. Species Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896
  20. Species Callinectes similis Williams, 1966
  21. Species Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863
  22. Species Callinectes Alcocki Chen, 1933 accepted as Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Callinectes alexandri Rathbun, 1907 accepted as Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Callinectes diacanthus (Latreille, 1825) accepted as Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (name suppressed)
  25. Species Callinectes dubia Kingsley, 1879 accepted as Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Species Callinectes ferreirai Brito, 1971 † accepted as Portunus ferreirai (Brito, 1971) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  27. Species Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893 accepted as Callinectes pallidus (de Rochebrune, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Species Callinectes humphreyi Jones, 1968 accepted as Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Species Callinectes latimanus Rathbun, 1897 accepted as Callinectes amnicola (de Rochebrune, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Callinectes madagascariensis (Hoffman, 1874) accepted as Portunus madagascariensis (Hoffmann, 1874) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Callinectes maracaiboensis Taissoun, 1972 accepted as Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Callinectes nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 accepted as Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Species Callinectes ochoterenai Contreras, 1930 accepted as Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Callinectes pirabensis Brito, 1971 † accepted as Portunus pirabensis (Brito, 1971) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  35. Species Callinectes Platei Chen, 1933 accepted as Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Species Callinectes pleuriticus Ordway, 1863 accepted as Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Callinectes tumidus Ordway, 1863 accepted as Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Stimpson, W. (1860). Notes on North American Crustacea, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. II. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7(22): 177-246, pls. 2-4 [preprint April 1860, journal issue 1862].
page(s): 220 [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Callinectes Stimpson, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106921 on 2025-07-14
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Türkay, Michael
2005-03-24 08:41:58Z
changed
Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-12-16 08:58:17Z
checked
Davie, Peter
2011-01-17 12:52:43Z
changed
Davie, Peter
2022-12-13 09:07:55Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2024-10-16 07:46:19Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Stimpson, W. (1860). Notes on North American Crustacea, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. II. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7(22): 177-246, pls. 2-4 [preprint April 1860, journal issue 1862].
page(s): 220 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details] 

additional source Stephenson, W. (1972). An annotated checklist and key to the Indo-Pacific swimming crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae). <em>Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin.</em> 10: 1-64. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
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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