Callinectes exasperatus
Callinectes exasperatus | |
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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. exasperatus |
Binomial name | |
Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856)[1] |
Callinectes exasperatus (common name: rugose swimming crab) is a species of swimming crab native to the western Atlantic Ocean. The diet of this species is carrion. They are not commercially fished.
References
[edit]- ^ "Callinectes danae (Gerstaecker, 1856)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
External links
[edit]Media related to Callinectes exasperatus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Callinectes exasperatus at Wikispecies