- Callinectes ornatus
Taxobox | name = Callinectes ornatus
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum = Crustacea
classis =Malacostraca
ordo =Decapoda
subordo =Pleocyemata
infraordo = Brachyura
familia =Portunidae
genus = "Callinectes "
species = "C. ornatus"
binomial = "Callinectes ornatus"
binomial_authority ="Callinectes ornatus" is a species of swimming crab. Their shell color are light yellow-brown color. The lower tip of the claw are blue. They can be sometimes red-brown colored. The shell two spikes on each side of its shell are not as long as the
Blue crabs . They can be found in the western Atlantic ocean as well the Caribbean coastlines. They are not commonly used in the commercial fishing like the "Blue crab ". Their diet are small crustaceans, small fish. They are also scavengers.External links
* " [http://www.scielo.br/img/revistas/bn/v5n2/en_a03fig29.jpgCallinectes ornatus picture] "
* " [http://jamarc.fra.affrc.go.jp/zukan/c/c-1/c-m034/c-151.jpgCallinectes ornatus pic] "
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