Callinectes exasperatus
| Callinectes exasperatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Callinectes |
| Species: | C. exasperatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856)[1]
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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
[change | change source]- ↑ "Callinectes danae (Gerstaecker, 1856)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
- ↑ Rodríguez, Gilberto. (1980): Crustaceosa Decapodos de Venezuela. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Caracas.494p.
- ↑ World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) AphiaID: 422037
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