Callinectes

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Order:Decapoda
Suborder:Pleocyemata
Callinectes
Callinectes sapidus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Subfamily: Portuninae
Genus: Callinectes
Stimpson, 1860 [1]

Callinectes (from Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos), meaning "beautiful", and νήκτης (nḗktēs), meaning "swimmer") is a genus of crabs containing species such as the Atlantic blue crab C. sapidus.[2]

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