Callinectes toxodes Ordway 1863 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Belongs to Callinectes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Luque et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Callinectes alabamensis, Callinectes bellicosus, Callinectes declivis, Callinectes jamaicensis, Callinectes paraensis, Callinectes quilonensis, Callinectes reticulatus, Callinectes sapidus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Callinectes toxodes in the database

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