Callinectes sp.

Rogers, D. Christopher & Cruz-Rivera, Edwin, 2021, A preliminary survey of the inland aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Journal of Natural History 55 (13 - 14), pp. 799-850 : 816

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Callinectes sp.

The Portunidae has several representative species in the US Virgin Islands. We observed one large adult animal in the boardwalk channel at Yacht Haven Grande on St. Thomas, but the animal escaped. The remains of another were found on Dorothea ghut, St. Thomas, on the lower coastal segment, approximately 0.5 km from the sea; only a few legs and some body fluids were present, suggesting that it was preyed upon by a Yellow Crowned Night Heron ( Gardner et al. 2008). Other remains were found at Yacht Haven Grande channel and in Magens Beach, in freshwater.

Rathbun (1933), Beatty (1968) and Chase and Hobbs (1969) provide records of C. danae (Smith, 1869) , C. marginatus (A. Milne Edwards, 1861) , and C. ornatus (Ordway, 1863) from St. Thomas, St. Croix and Puerto Rico, and of C. bocourti (A. Milne Edwards, 1879) , C. exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) , and C. sapidus (Rathbun, 1895) from St. Croix and Puerto Rico. Platenberg (2006) included pictures and listed C. sapidus from mangroves and salt ponds from St. Thomas and St. John, but no location records were provided.

References

Beatty HA. 1968. A checklist of Crustacea of St. Croix, Virgin Islands. J Agric Univ Puerto Rico. 52: 261 - 268. doi: 10.46429 / jaupr. v 52 i 3.11514.

Chase FA, Hobbs HH. 1969. The freshwater and terrestrial decapod crustaceans of the West Indies, with special reference to Dominica. U S Natl Mus Bull. 292: 1 - 245. doi: 10.5479 / si. 03629236.292.1.

Gardner L, Henry S, Thomas T. 2008. Watercourses as landscapes in the US Virgin Islands: state of knowledge. Virgin Islands (USA): Water Resources Research Institute, University of the Virgin Islands; p. 75.

Platenberg RJ. 2006. Wetlands conservation plan for St. Thomas and St. John, US Virgin Islands. St. Thomas (U. S. Virgin Islands): Division of Fish and Wildlife; p. 101.

Rathbun MJ. 1933. Brachyuran crabs of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Sci Surv Porto Rico Virgin Islands. 15: 1 - 121.