Callinectes marginatus, known as the "Sharptooth swimcrab" or "Marbled swimcrab", is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes.
Its carapace bears nine spines behind each eye, the last of which is around twice the length of the previous one, making the whole carapace around 10 centimetres (3.9 in) wide.[2]
Although the name Callinectes marginatus was used by Mary J. Rathbun and others to also cover animals now referred to the species C. larvatus and C. diacanthus, C. marginatus is now used only for a species found from the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola.[3]
C. marginatus appears to be entirely marine, unlike some of its congeners, although there are records from the estuaries of the Congo River and the Hwini River.[3] The crabs dig holes around 30 cm (12 in) wide in mudflats.[4]
Callinectes marginatus, known as the "Sharptooth swimcrab" or "Marbled swimcrab", is a species of swimming crab in the genus Callinectes.
Callinectes marginatus est une espèce de crabes de la famille des Portunidae, également appelé crabe marbré.
La largeur maximale de sa carapace est de 10 cm.
Cette espèce se rencontre dans l'Atlantique en Afrique, dans les eaux saumâtres des estuaires et des lagunes.
Callinectes marginatus est une espèce de crabes de la famille des Portunidae, également appelé crabe marbré.
Callinectes marginatus (noto anche come Callinectes larvatus) è un crostaceo decapode della famiglia Portunidae proveniente dalle coste dell'Africa occidentale[1].
È diffuso lungo le coste di Togo, Gambia, Gabon, Angola, Nigeria, Ghana, Zaire, Guinea, Senegal e Mauritania[1]. Vive soprattutto in acque salmastre, in particolare negli estuari[2].
Il carapace ha una lunghezza media di 10 cm[2].
Callinectes marginatus (noto anche come Callinectes larvatus) è un crostaceo decapode della famiglia Portunidae proveniente dalle coste dell'Africa occidentale.
Callinectes marginatus is een krabbensoort uit de familie van de Portunidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1861 door A. Milne-Edwards.
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Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861), conhecido no Brasil pelo nome comum de caxangá, é um crustáceo decápode braquiuro da família dos portunídeos.
Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861), conhecido no Brasil pelo nome comum de caxangá, é um crustáceo decápode braquiuro da família dos portunídeos.
