''Callinectes'' is a genus of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s, containing 16 extant species, including the Atlantic blue crab, ''
C. sapidus'':
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Portunoidea
Taxa named by William Stimpson
Decapod genera
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