Callinectes bellicosus

Callinectes bellicosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Genus: Callinectes
Species: C. bellicosus
Binomial name
Callinectes bellicosus
(Stimpson, 1859) [1]

Callinectes bellicosus is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes. They are native to warm waters and shorelines in Mexico.[2] They are prepared and eaten in the same manner as blue crabs.

References

  1. "Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson, 1859)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  2. E. Pfeiler; L. A. Hurtado; L. L. Knowles; J. Torre-Cosío; L. Bourillón-Moreno; J. F. Márquez-Farías; G. Montemayor-López. "Population genetics of the swimming crab Callinectes bellicosus (Brachyura: Portunidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean". Marine Biology. 146 (3): 559–569. doi:10.1007/s00227-004-1463-y.

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