WoRMS taxon details
Callinectes similis Williams, 1966
158055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158055)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Williams, A.B. (1966). The Western Atlantic swimming crabs <i>Calinectes ornatus</i>, <i>C. danae</i> and a new, related species (Decapoda, Portunidae). <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology.</em> 13(3): 83-93. [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution off Delaware Bay to Key West, Fla., northwestern Florida around Gulf of Mexico to off Campeche, Yucatan; also Isla de...
Distribution off Delaware Bay to Key West, Fla., northwestern Florida around Gulf of Mexico to off Campeche, Yucatan; also Isla de Providencia, Colombia; reported from northern Jamaica. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Callinectes similis Williams, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158055 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Williams, A.B. (1966). The Western Atlantic swimming crabs <i>Calinectes ornatus</i>, <i>C. danae</i> and a new, related species (Decapoda, Portunidae). <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology.</em> 13(3): 83-93. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
[request]basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
Other
additional source
Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
additional source Williams, A. B. (1984). Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Williams, A. B. (1984). Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution off Delaware Bay to Key West, Fla., northwestern Florida around Gulf of Mexico to off Campeche, Yucatan; also Isla de Providencia, Colombia; reported from northern Jamaica. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | lesser blue crab | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callinectes similis)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (128 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 113341)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callinectes similis)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (128 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 113341)
To ITIS
