Callinectes exasperatus

Callinectes exasperatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Genus: Callinectes
Species:
C. exasperatus
Binomial name
Callinectes exasperatus

Callinectes exasperatus (common name: rugose swimming crab) is a species of swimming crab. They can be found in the western Atlantic Ocean. This species of crab mainly only eats carrion (dead bodies of other animals). This species is not commercially fished. [2][3]

References

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  1. "Callinectes danae (Gerstaecker, 1856)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  2. Rodríguez, Gilberto. (1980): Crustaceosa Decapodos de Venezuela. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Caracas.494p.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) AphiaID: 422037