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Definition of Callinectes
1. Noun. New World blue crabs.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Portunidae, Portunidae
Member holonyms: Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Callinectes
Literary usage of Callinectes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Invertebrate Zoology: For Laboratories and Seaside Work by William Keith Brooks (1882)
"These are all the appendages which are present in the newly-hatched zoea of
Callinectes, but in the older zoea of this species, and in the newly-hatched ..."
2. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"Abdomen in the male narrow and ±-shaped. Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson). ...
STIMPSON, Ann. NY Lye. Nat. Hist., Vol. VII, 1859, p. 57. Callinectes ..."
3. Studies from the Biological Laboratory by Johns Hopkins University Biological Laboratory (1890)
"Ep is the epithelial cell charged with light yellow pigment granules. J (DX 2) Z.
FIG. 5. Callinectes. Two ommatidia shown side by side. ..."
4. Invertebrate Dissections by Henry Leslie Osborn (1895)
"Callinectes HASTATUS (Edible-Crab). The edible crab is very common in the ...
Any of them can be used in a comparison with Cambarus, if Callinectes is not ..."
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