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Blunttooth swimcrab
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Crabs

Blunttooth swimcrab

Callinectes bocourti A.Milne-Edwards, 1879

Names

EnglishBlunttooth swimcrab
Dutch—
SpanishJaiba roma
Chinese柏氏优游蟹
Sranan Tongokrabu (general name for the group)
Scientific nameCallinectes bocourti A.Milne-Edwards, 1879

About this species

Callinectes bocourti is a species of swimming crab. Its native range extends from Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil, but it has been found as a nonindigenous species as far north as North Carolina. This crab has a light brown shell with red spots and markings on it, and red claws and legs. C. bocourti is edible and has been the subject of small-scale fishery.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyPortunidae
GenusCallinectes

In Suriname

38Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1910First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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