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Callinectes danae   Smith, 1869

Dana swimcrab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Virgin Islands (UK) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from The West Indies (Ref. 93549). R: Ref. 93549.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vi.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Braga, A.A., A. Fransozo, G. Bertini and P.B. Fumis, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Malacostraca > Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Portunidae (swimming crabs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthopelagic; brackish; depth range 0 - 75 m (Ref. 367).   Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 35°N - 38°S, 98°W - 34°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Atlantic: USA to Argentina.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 59.5  range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.9 cm CW male/unsexed; (Ref. 367); 11.3 cm CW (female); max. reported age: 2.50 years (Ref. 85497)

Short description Morphology

Carapace slightly more than twice as broad as long; 9 teeth on arched anterolateral margin 9outer orbital tooth and strong lateral spine included) progressively more acuminate laterally; outer pair of frontal teeth (excluding inner orbital angles) prominent but inner pair small. Much of convex dorsal surface lightly granulate, most prominently so on anterior and elevated areas and in transverse lines; central trapezoidal (metagastric) area short and wide (anterior width about 2 to 2.5 times, posterior width about 1.5 times length). Pincers dissimilar, ridged longitudinally; fifth legs flattened in form of paddles. Male with T-shaped abdomen reaching slightly beyond suture between thoracic sternites 4 and 5; first pleopods reaching beyond midpoint of thoracic 6, nearly straight distally except for merabranous tips usually bent ventrolaterally, armed with scattered, minute, mainly dorsal spinules and 2 to 4 subterminal, exceedingly slender, elongate sternomesial spinules. Color: variably olive to greyish blue dorsally, spines olive to indigo and white-tipped; pincers with variable blue to purple on upper and inner surfaces, olive to blue externally; legs predominantly dark blue to azure or greenish, underparts white. Some individuals are duller and some have a reticulate pinkish blue cast on the upper surface of chelipeds.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Minimum carapace width: 3 cm (Ref. 93549). Maximum length of female from Ref. 85497.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Tavares, M. 2003. (Ref. 367)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.3 - 28, mean 26.1 (based on 500 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.83; tmax=2.5).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.