Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Kingdom Eubrachyura > Kingdom Heterotremata > Superfamily Portunoidea > Family Portunidae > Subfamily Portuninae > Genus Callinectes

Callinectes danae Smith, 1869

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Callinectes*	Stimpson, 1860	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Dana swimming crab

Literature

basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life
GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Callinectes danae Smith, 1869. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107378