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Callinectes sapidus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Callinectes sapidus was named by Rathbun (1896). It is extant. It is the type species of Callinectes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Callinectes sapidus Rathbun
1935Callinectes sapidus Rathbun p. 116
2010Callinectes sapidus Schweitzer et al. p. 111
2021Callinectes sapidus Schweitzer et al. p. 28 fig. 15.4a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPortuninaeRafinesque 1815
genusCallinectesStimpson 1860
speciessapidusRathbun 1896

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Callinectes sapidus (143410 143411)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Callinectes sapidus (144076)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Callinectes sapidus (219172)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (Virginia) Callinectes sapidus (144070)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Callinectes sapidus (228744)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Callinectes sapidus (159995 159996 159997)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Callinectes sapidus (159998)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Callinectes sapidus (159989 159990 159991 159992 159994)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Callinectes sapidus (150656)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Callinectes sapidus (48886 66720 66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Callinectes sapidus (66750)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Callinectes sapidus (61268)