Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863

Material examined. Petro-UFS—1,230 (2 M, 2 F); size range: 55.29 ≤ CW ≤ 82.33 mm; average: CW = 64.01 ± 12.62 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00053. Penaeid—1,011 (546 M, 439 F, 26 OF); size range: 11.63 ≤ CW ≤ 79.1 mm; aver- age: CW = 47.62 ± 11.06 mm; CZUFS CRU- 00246.

Stations. Petro-UFS—1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18; Penaeid—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Distribution. Western Atlantic—USA (from North Carolina to Florida, and Gulf of Mexico), Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil (from Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul) (Melo 1996).

Ecological notes. Specimens collected on shallow waters at estuaries, near rivers’ openings (Almeida et al. 2010), also on sand, and mud bottoms, up to 75 m (Melo 1996).

Remarks. The species was the most represented among the Brachyura and Portunidae collected in the present study and is probably the most abundant brachyuran in the region.

Previous records in Sergipe. Coelho & Ramos (1972), Coelho et al. (1983), Coelho & Ramos-Porto (1992), Barreto et al. (1993), Coelho et al. (2004).