Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker 1856) Gerstaecker 1856
- Dataset
- Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Portunidae
- genus
- Callinectes
- species
- Callinectes exasperatus
description
Previous records in Bahia. Moreira (1901), Rathbun (1930), Williams (1974), Melo (1985), Almeida et al. (2006).
distribution
Distribution. Western Atlantic – Bermuda, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil (from Pará to Santa Catarina) (Melo 1996; Barros & Pimentel 2001). Ecological notes. In high-salinity and estuarine waters near river mouths and mangroves. Shallow waters to 8 m (Melo 1996).
materials_examined
Material examined (N = 8). 1 f, 19 / IX / 2000, 13 ° 57 ’ 05 ” S / 38 ° 59 ’ 68 ” W (MZUESC # 57); 1 f, 30 / X / 2004, St. 0 4 (MZUESC # 686).