Callinectes danae
Appearance
Callinectes danae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Portunidae |
Genus: | Callinectes |
Species: | C. danae
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Binomial name | |
Callinectes danae S. I. Smith, 1869 [1]
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Callinectes danae is a species of swimming crab. The carapace is olive-brown and up to 5.8 cm (2.3 in) long; the walking legs are blue.[2] The species is common in Brazil and the West Indies.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Callinectes danae S. I. Smith, 1869". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ a b Eugene H. Kaplan (1999). A Field Guide to Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores: Cape Hatteras to the Gulf Coast, Florida, and the Caribbean (2nd ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-395-97516-9.