| Callinectes | |
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| Callinectes sapidus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Subfamily: | Portuninae |
| Genus: | Callinectes Stimpson, 1860 [1] |
Callinectes is a genus of crabs, containing 16 extant species, including the Atlantic blue crab, C. sapidus : [2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Callinectes affinis Fausto, 1980 | Brazil | ||
 | Callinectes amnicola (Rochebrune, 1883) | Cape Verde Islands and Mauritania to Angola. | |
 | Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 | Pacific coast of Central America. | |
| Callinectes bellicosus Stimpson, 1859 | Mexico | ||
 | Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 | Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil | |
 | Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 | Brazil and the West Indies. | |
 | Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) | rugose swimming crab | western Atlantic Ocean. |
| Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893 | Mauritania to Angola. | ||
 | Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) | the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola. | |
 | Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 | western Atlantic Ocean, as well the Caribbean coastlines. | |
| Callinectes pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883) | Mauritania to Angola. | ||
 | Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930 | warm coastal waters of Mexico. | |
 | Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 | Chesapeake blue crab | western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico |
 | Callinectes similis Williams, 1966 | lesser blue crab or dwarf crab | Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from the United States to Colombia. |
 | Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863 | Eastern Pacific | |
Callinectes sapidus, the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or regionally as the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally.
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