NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Portunidae
  Superfamily - Portunoidea
  Infraorder - Brachyura
  Suborder - Pleocyemata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Callinectes sapidus
      Species - Callinectes similis
      Species - Callinectes danae
      Species - Callinectes ornatus
      Species - Callinectes marginatus
      Species - Callinectes arcuatus
      Species - Callinectes bellicosus
      Species - Callinectes bocourti
      Species - Callinectes exasperatus
      Species - Callinectes larvatus
      Species - Callinectes rathbunae