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.
Species
アオガザミ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyPortunidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded424,932
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 554
- With media
- 52
- Family
- Portunidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, AMNH, USNM, CAS, UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Trinidad And Tobago, Venezuela, Philippines, Antigua And Barbuda, Bahamas, Mexico, Panama
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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==
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