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Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863

158053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158053)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Malacostraca
  7. Eumalacostraca
  8. Eucarida
  9. Decapoda
  10. Pleocyemata
  11. Brachyura
  12. Eubrachyura
  13. Heterotremata
  14. Portunoidea
  15. Portunidae
  16. Portuninae
  17. Callinectes
  18. Callinectes ornatus
accepted
Species
Callinectes Stimpson, 1860
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ordway, A. (1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Callinectes</i>. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History, Containing Papers and Communications, Read to the Boston Society of Natural History, 1859–1863.</em> 7(4): 567-583. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158053 on 2026-07-06
NARMS (2026). Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158053 on 2026-07-06
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2005-05-25 08:24:16Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-02-25 15:57:43Z
changed
Davie, Peter
2022-04-13 12:58:20Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2023-07-05 03:51:53Z
changed
Ahyong, Shane

original description Ordway, A. (1863). Monograph of the genus <i>Callinectes</i>. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History, Containing Papers and Communications, Read to the Boston Society of Natural History, 1859–1863.</em> 7(4): 567-583. [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (CoRMS) Rathbun M.J. 1930. The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 152. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 609 p., 230 pls. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Williams, A. B. (1984). Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication

ecology source Brues, C.T. (1927). Occurrence of the marine crab <i>Callinectes ornatus</i> in brackish and fresh water. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 6(677): 566–568., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/280178 [details] 
 
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English shelligs  [details]
To Barcode of Life (91 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) 
To CRUSTA 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callinectes ornatus) 
To GenBank (135 nucleotides; 72 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (182 records) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 052904) 
To ITIS
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