''Callinectes danae'' is a species of
swimming crab. The carapace is
olive-brown and up to long; the walking legs are blue.
The species is common in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
and the
West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...
.
References
Portunoidea
Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean
Crustaceans described in 1869
Taxa named by Sidney Irving Smith
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