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Callinectes marginatus  (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 98700

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863
  
    Neptunus marginatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861
  
    Callinectes diacanthus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
  
  Common Name(s): masked swimming crab [English]
  
    Marbled swimcrab [English]
  
    Crabe marbré [French]
  
    Cangrejo jaspeado [Spanish]
  
    sharptooth swimcrab [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                      SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                         SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                            OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                               SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                  InfraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802 – short-tailed crabs, true crabs  
                                     SuperfamilyPortunoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                                        FamilyPortunidae Rafinesque, 1815 – swimming crabs  
                                           GenusCallinectes Stimpson, 1860  
                                              SpeciesCallinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) – masked swimming crab, Marbled swimcrab, Crabe marbré, Cangrejo jaspeado, sharptooth swimcrab  
       

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  Source: DecaNet (World List of Decapods), database (version 2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: DecaNet eds. (2023). DecaNet. Accessed at https://www.decanet.info. doi:10.14284/600   
  Reference for: Callinectes marginatus   
       
  Source: FAO AFSIS species list, 27-Oct-2022, database (version 27-Oct-22)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) list of species for fishery statistics purposes. Available at https://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en   
  Reference for: Callinectes marginatus, Marbled swimcrab [English], Crabe marbré [French], Cangrejo jaspeado [Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Callinectes marginatus, sharptooth swimcrab [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Powers, Lawrence W.  
  Publication Date: 1977   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Catalogue and Bibliography to the Crabs (Brachyura) of the Gulf of Mexico   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Contributions in Marine Science, supplement to vol. 20   
  Page(s): 190   
  Publisher: Port Aransas Marine Laboratory, University of Texas Marine Science Institute   
  Publication Place: Port Aransas, Texas, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0082-3349   
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  Reference for: Callinectes marginatus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
    Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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