Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Callinectes
| Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 |
World Distribution
Felder et al. (2009) - Western Atlantic - 0-20 m. NCar–GMx, Antil, Carib–Brazil
30 m in Takeda 1983
Environnement : Marine & brackish - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-30 m
Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: VGI (St Croix), ICA (St Martin, St Barthélemy, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia, Barbados, Tobago, Trinidad), IOV (Margarita, Bonaire, Curaçao). 0-20 m. WA.
Callinectes bocourti - Rathbun, 1936: 383, Bonaire [coll. P. Hummelinck, 1930]. - Chace & Hobbs, 1969: 127, type locality French Guiana, St Croix, Dominica. - Williams, 1974: 770, St Croix, St Lucia, Tobago, Trinidad, Bonaire, Curaçao. - Hernández et al., 1999: tab. 2, Margarita [Laguna de Las Marites]. - Carré, 2005: 23, Martinique. - Vaslet et al., 2013: 245, annexe 3, Guadeloupe [from Bourgeois-Lebel 1982, not seen]. - Questel, 2014: 14, St Barthélemy. - Questel, 2019: 21, St Barthélemy.
Callinectes bocourti var. maracaiboensis - Questel, 2014: 14, St Barthélemy. - Questel, 2019: 21, St Barthélemy.
Callinectes bocourti - Saint Martin, RNN Inventory 20/04/2012, UF32335, photo dSTM_3835 .
Callinectes bocourti - Parasram et al. (2021, Zootaxa: 460, fig. 4) - Barbados
French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Callinectes diacanthus var. cayennensis A. Milne-Edwards, 1879: 226, French Guiana [Gallinectes provenant de la Guyane]. – Callinectes cayennensis – Young, 1900: 192, Guyana [Also Guiana in range; The colour of the species found in British Guiana, and examined by me when they were alive, varies much, and may be any colour from yellow-red to black, passing through many shades of chestnut brown. The lighter coloured crabs are usually found in fresh or nearly fresh water, while the darker and black ones are found in tidal waters of the river or on the seashore]. Callinectes diacanthus var. cayennensis A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 accepted as Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 in WoRMS (2023).
Callinectes bocourti – Rathbun, 1930: 128, Guyana, French Guiana. — Holthuis, 1959a: 201, Suriname [1–27 m]. — Chace & Hobbs, 1969: 127, French Guiana [type locality]. — Coelho, 1971, table 1: Brazil Amapá. — Coelho & Ramos, 1972: 187, Brazil Amapá. — Takeda, 1983: 150, Suriname, French Guiana [littoral–30 m]. — Melo, 1996: 313, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1998: 475, Brazil Amapá. — Le Loeuff & Cosel, 2000: 25, annex 1, French Guiana. — Tavares, 2002d: 344, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil Amapá. — Cintra et al., 2003: 56, Brazil Amapá [R/V Almirante Paulo Moreira, 02°31’N, 049°22’W, 05/05/98, 16 m]. — Almeida et al., 2008: 1231, Brazil, Amapá [In distribution]. — Coelho et al., 2008: 28, Brazil Amapá [From Coelho (1969)]. — Aschenbroich et al., 2016: 66, fig. 6, French Guiana [Sediment reworking activities in mangroves].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 0–30 m.
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database