Callinectes bocourti
Callinectes bocourti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Portunidae |
Genus: | Callinectes |
Species: | C. bocourti
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Binomial name | |
Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 [1]
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Callinectes bocourti is a species of swimming crab. Its native range extends from Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil, but it has been found as a nonindigenous species as far north as North Carolina.[2] This crab has a light brown shell with red spots and markings on it, and red claws and legs.[2] C. bocourti is edible and has been the subject of small-scale fishery.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- ^ a b c Harriet Perry (April 6, 2006). "Callinectes bocourti". Nonindigenous Aquatic Species. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on May 10, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
Categories:
- Portunoidea
- Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean
- Arthropods of the Dominican Republic
- Crustaceans described in 1879
- Crab stubs