callinectes

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Callinectes

| image = Blue crab (black background).jpg

| taxon = Callinectes

| authority = Stimpson, 1860 {{ITIS |id=98695 |taxon=Callinectes Stimpson, 1860 |accessdate=June 14, 2011}}

}}

Callinectes is a genus of crabs containing species such as the Atlantic blue crab C. sapidus.{{cite WoRMS|last=De Grave|date=16 October 2024|title=Callinectes Stimpson, 1860|id=106921|access-date=13 March 2025}}

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
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	Callinectes affinis {{small\|Fausto, 1980}}		Brazil
	† Callinectes alabamensis {{Small\|Rathbun, 1935}}	\|
120px	Callinectes amnicola {{small\|(Rochebrune, 1883)}}		Cape Verde Islands and Mauritania to Angola.
120px	Callinectes arcuatus {{small\|Ordway, 1863}}		Pacific coast of Central America.
120px	Callinectes bellicosus {{small\|Stimpson, 1859}}		Mexico
120px	Callinectes bocourti {{small\|A. Milne-Edwards, 1879}}		Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil
120px	Callinectes danae {{small\|Smith, 1869}}		Brazil and the West Indies.
	† Callinectes declivis {{Small\|Rathbun, 1918}}
120px	Callinectes exasperatus {{small\|(Gerstaecker, 1856)}}	rugose swimming crab	western Atlantic Ocean.
	† Callinectes jamaicensis {{Small\|Withers, 1924}}
	Callinectes larvatus {{Small\|Ordway, 1863}}
120px	Callinectes marginatus {{small\|(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)}}		the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola.
120px	Callinectes ornatus {{small\|Ordway, 1863}}		western Atlantic Ocean, as well the Caribbean coastlines.
	Callinectes pallidus {{small\|(Rochebrune, 1883)}}		Mauritania to Angola.
	† Callinectes paraensis {{small\|Beurlen, 1958}}
	† Callinectes quiloensis {{small\|Verma, 1977}}
120px	Callinectes rathbunae {{small\|Contreras, 1930}}		warm coastal waters of Mexico.
	† Callinectes reticulatus {{small\|Rathbun, 1918}}
120px	Callinectes sapidus {{small\|Rathbun, 1896}}	Chesapeake blue crab	western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
120px	Callinectes similis {{small\|Williams, 1966}}	lesser blue crab or dwarf crab	Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from the United States to Colombia.
120px	Callinectes toxotes {{small\|Ordway, 1863}}		Eastern Pacific

callinectes

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