Callinectes

Callinectes is a genus of crabs, containing 16 extant species, including the Atlantic blue crab, C. sapidus:^[2]

Extant Species[]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Fausto, 1980		Brazil
(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.
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.
(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.
Ordway, 1863		Eastern Pacific

Rafael Robles; Christoph D. Schubart; Jesús E. Conde; Carlos Carmona-Suárez; Fernando Alvarez; José L. Villalobos; Darryl L. Felder (2007). "Molecular phylogeny of the American Callinectes Stimpson, 1860 (Brachyura: Portunidae), based on two partial mitochondrial genes". Marine Biology. 150 (6): 1265–1274. doi:10.1007/s00227-006-0437-7. S2CID 84807146.

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