MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Callinectes Stimpson, 1860

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Callinectes Stimpson, 1860

Callinectes sapidus

AphiaID

106921 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106921)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Portuninae Rafinesque, 1815

Orig. name

Callinectes Stimpson, 1860

Direct children (35)

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Species Callinectes affinis Fausto-Filho, 1980
Species Callinectes alabamensis Rathbun, 1935 †
Species Callinectes amnicola (de Rochebrune, 1883)
Species Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863
Species Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson, 1859)
Species Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Species Callinectes danae Smith, 1869
Species Callinectes declivis Rathbun, 1918 †
Species Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856)
Species Callinectes jamaicensis Withers, 1924 †
Species Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863
Species Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
Species Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863
Species Callinectes pallidus (de Rochebrune, 1883)
Species Callinectes paraensis Beurlen, 1958 †
Species Callinectes quilonensis Verma, 1977 †
Species Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930
Species Callinectes reticulatus Rathbun, 1918 †
Species Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896
Species Callinectes similis Williams, 1966
Species Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863
Species Callinectes Alcocki Chen, 1933 accepted as Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes alexandri Rathbun, 1907 accepted as Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes diacanthus (Latreille, 1825) accepted as Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (name suppressed)
Species Callinectes dubia Kingsley, 1879 accepted as Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893 accepted as Callinectes pallidus (de Rochebrune, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes humphreyi H.G. Jones, 1968 accepted as Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes latimanus Rathbun, 1897 accepted as Callinectes amnicola (de Rochebrune, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes madagascariensis (Hoffman, 1874) accepted as Portunus madagascariensis (Hoffmann, 1874) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Callinectes maracaiboensis Taissoun, 1972 accepted as Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 accepted as Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes ochoterenai Contreras, 1930 accepted as Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes Platei Chen, 1933 accepted as Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes pleuriticus Ordway, 1863 accepted as Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Callinectes tumidus Ordway, 1863 accepted as Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Stimpson, W. (1860). Notes on North American Crustacea, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. II. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 7(22): 177-246, pls. 2-4 [preprint April 1860, journal issue 1862].
page(s): 220 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Callinectes Stimpson, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106921 on 2024-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2005-03-24 08:41:58Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-17 12:52:43Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2022-12-13 09:07:55Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

Licensing

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original description Stimpson, W. (1860). Notes on North American Crustacea, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. II. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 7(22): 177-246, pls. 2-4 [preprint April 1860, journal issue 1862].
page(s): 220 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Stephenson, W. (1972). An annotated checklist and key to the Indo-Pacific swimming crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae). Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin No. 10. [details]

additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From other sources

Remark Seven species of this genus occur in America and in Western Africa. The only species described from Indo-West Pacific is based on the holotype only, which is since lost <420>. [details]

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