Definition of Genus Callinectes

1. Noun. New World blue crabs.

Exact synonyms: Callinectes
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Portunidae, Portunidae
Member holonyms: Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Callinectes

genus Cakile
genus Caladenia
genus Caladium
genus Calamagrostis
genus Calamintha
genus Calamus
genus Calandrinia
genus Calanthe
genus Calceolaria
genus Calendula
genus Calidris
genus Calla
genus Calliandra
genus Callicebus
genus Callimorpha
genus Callinectes (current term)
genus Calliophis
genus Calliphora
genus Callirhoe
genus Callisaurus
genus Callistephus
genus Callithrix
genus Callitriche
genus Callitris
genus Callophis
genus Callorhinus
genus Calluna
genus Calocarpum
genus Calocedrus
genus Calochortus

Literary usage of Genus Callinectes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"II. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York. Vol. vii, pp. 176-246, Pis. II, V. ORDWAY, ALBERT. '63. Monograph of the genus Callinectes. Journ. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. ..."

2. A Naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, John I. Northrop (1910)
"Rathbun, The genus Callinectes, Proc. US Nat. Mus., XVIII, p. 358, 1896. (a) 1 $ , 1 9 , spur. juv. On shore, just south of Ft. Montagu, Nassau, NP, Jan. ..."

3. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly by William Jay Youmans (1896)
"Mary J.: Description of Two New Species of Fresh-water Crabs from Costa Rica and tue genus Callinectes. ..."

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