Callinectes
Sign in to saveCallinectes (from Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos), meaning "beautiful", and νήκτης (nḗktēs), meaning "swimmer") is a genus of crabs containing species such as the Atlantic blue crab C. sapidus.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyPortunidae
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Callinectes (from Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos), meaning "beautiful", and νήκτης (nḗktēs), meaning "swimmer") is a genus of crabs containing species such as the Atlantic blue crab C. sapidus.
==Species==