Callinectes (from Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos), meaning "beautiful", and νήκτης (nḗktēs), meaning "swimmer") is a genus of crabs containing species such as the Atlantic blue crab C. sapidus.
Species
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Callinectes affinis Brazil † Callinectes alabamensis Callinectes amnicola Cape Verde Islands and Mauritania to Angola. Callinectes arcuatus Pacific coast of Central America. Callinectes bellicosus Mexico Callinectes bocourti Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil Callinectes danae Brazil and the West Indies. † Callinectes declivis Callinectes exasperatus rugose swimming crab western Atlantic Ocean. † Callinectes jamaicensis Callinectes larvatus Callinectes marginatus the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola. Callinectes ornatus western Atlantic Ocean, as well the Caribbean coastlines. Callinectes pallidus Mauritania to Angola. † Callinectes paraensis † Callinectes quiloensis Callinectes rathbunae warm coastal waters of Mexico. † Callinectes reticulatus Callinectes sapidus Chesapeake blue crab western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico Callinectes similis lesser blue crab or dwarf crabWestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from the United States to Colombia. Callinectes toxotes Eastern Pacific
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