Callinectes rathbunae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Portunidae
- Genus
- Callinectes
- Species
- Callinectes rathbunae
- Scientific Name
- Callinectes rathbunae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Callinectes rathbunae
Callinectes rathbunae is a species of swimming crab. It occurs in warm coastal waters of Mexico. The species is not used as food, but is kept in laboratories for research. Young crabs can range from 17–64 millimetres (0.67–2.52 in) in size. The specific epithet rathbunae commemorates Mary J. Rathbun.
...Callinectes rathbunae in languages:
- English
- Sharptooth Swimming Crab
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