Callinectes rathbunae

{{Short description|Species of crab}}

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| image = Callinectes rathbunae.jpg

| genus = Callinectes

| species = rathbunae

| authority = Contreras, 1930

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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 {{convert|17|-|64|mm}} in size.{{cite journal |title=Rearing of juvenile dark crabs, Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930, under laboratory conditions |author=Sergio Cházaro-Olvera, Horacio Vázquez-López & Angel Morán-Silva |journal=Crustaceana |volume=80 |issue=2 |year=2007 |pages=161–170 |doi=10.1163/156854007780121456}} The specific epithet rathbunae commemorates Mary J. Rathbun.{{cite web |url=http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.qr.html |title=Dr. Mary Jane Rathbun |work=Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names |author=Hans G. Hansson |publisher=University of Gothenburg |accessdate=February 22, 2010}}