Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863

Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 1553, pp. 1-45 : 32

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scientific name	Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863
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Material examined (N=58). 2m, 06–07/VI/2000 ( MZUESC #59); 1f, 18/IX/2000, 13°52’37”S / 38°57’11”W ( MZUESC #62).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Bermuda, North Carolina to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil (from Pará to São Paulo) ( Melo 1996; Barros et al. 1997a).

Ecological notes. On sand and mud bottoms and in mangroves, also in brackish water. Rarely in the open sea. Shallow waters to 25 m ( Melo 1996).

Previous records in Bahia. Smith (1869), Moreira (1901) [as C. marginatus A. Milne Edwards, 1861 )], Rathbun (1930) (as C. marginatus ), Williams (1974) (as C. marginatus ), Melo (1985), Almeida et al. (2006).