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Callinectes similis Williams, 1966

158055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158055)

  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 similis
accepted
Species
Callinectes Stimpson, 1860
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Williams, A.B. (1966). The Western Atlantic swimming crabs <i>Calinectes ornatus</i>, <i>C. danae</i> and a new, related species (Decapoda, Portunidae). <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology.</em> 13(3): 83-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.19674 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Callinectes similis Williams, 1966. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158055 on 2026-07-15
NARMS (2026). Callinectes similis Williams, 1966. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158055 on 2026-07-15
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2005-05-25 08:24:16Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-02-25 15:57:43Z
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Davie, Peter
2020-11-27 21:09:12Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-04-17 17:09:06Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-09-26 11:25:20Z
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De Grave, Sammy

original description Williams, A.B. (1966). The Western Atlantic swimming crabs <i>Calinectes ornatus</i>, <i>C. danae</i> and a new, related species (Decapoda, Portunidae). <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology.</em> 13(3): 83-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.19674 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [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

additional source 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] 
 
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English lesser blue crab  [details]
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callinectes similis) 
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 21 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (128 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 113341) 
To ITIS