Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)

Muñoz, Isabel, García-Raso, J. Enrique, Chillón, Begoña Sánchez & Cuesta, Jose A., 2025, Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura), European Journal of Taxonomy 996, pp. 1-94 : 55

Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)

Fig. 61

Material examined

EQUATORIAL GUINEA − San Juan Cape • 1 ♂ (80 ×38.9); 1901; M. Martínez de la Escalera leg.; MNCN20.04/03112 .

GULF OF GUINEA • 4 ♂ ♂ (62.7 ×31.9, 67.2 ×30.3, 39.3 ×21.3, 58.7 ×28.7), 2 ♀♀ (64.4 ×30.6, 61.4 ×29.5); Jul. 1891; J. Valero leg.; MNCN20.04/03235 .

Remarks

The specimens MNCN20.04/03235 were previously identified as Portunus sp. At some point during their preservation, they lost their preservative liquid, became dry, and developed visible fungal growth.

For identification, see also Williams (1974) and Manning & Holthuis (1981).

Figures

Fig. 61. Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861). A−B. Specimen MNCN20.04/03112. C−I. Specimens MNCN20.04/03235. Scale bars = 1 cm.