Callinectes rathbunae

Callinectes rathbunae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Portunidae
Genus:	Callinectes
Species:	C. rathbunae
Binomial name
	Callinectes rathbunae; , 1930

Callinectes rathbunae is a species of swimming crab. It occurs in warm coastal waters of Mexico. The species is not used as food, but is kept in laboratories for research. Young crabs can range from 17–64 millimetres (0.67–2.52 in) in size.^[1] The specific epithet rathbunae commemorates Mary J. Rathbun.^[2]

References[]

^ Sergio Cházaro-Olvera, Horacio Vázquez-López & Angel Morán-Silva (2007). "Rearing of juvenile dark crabs, Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930, under laboratory conditions". Crustaceana. 80 (2): 161–170. doi:10.1163/156854007780121456.
^ Hans G. Hansson. "Dr. Mary Jane Rathbun". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Retrieved February 22, 2010.

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[1] Sergio Cházaro-Olvera, Horacio Vázquez-López & Angel Morán-Silva (2007). "Rearing of juvenile dark crabs, Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930, under laboratory conditions". Crustaceana. 80 (2): 161–170. doi:10.1163/156854007780121456.

[2] Hans G. Hansson. "Dr. Mary Jane Rathbun". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Retrieved February 22, 2010.

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