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Callinectes bellicosus (warrior swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Lupa bellicosa was named by Stimpson (1862). It is extant.

It was recombined as Callinectes bellicosa by Rathbun (1926); it was recombined as Callinectes bellicosus by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by E. Johnson (authorized by C. Schweitzer) on 2013-06-27; modified by M. Clapham on 2024-03-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Lupa bellicosa Stimpson
1926Callinectes bellicosa Rathbun p. 75
2010Callinectes bellicosus Schweitzer et al. p. 111

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
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
speciesbellicosus()

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 bellicosus Stimpson 1862 [warrior swimming crab]
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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: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Callinectes bellicosus (138720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Callinectes bellicosus (59063 219030)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Guaymas) Lupa bellicosa (146574)