Callinectes danae Smith, 1869

Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 1553, pp. 1-45 : 32

Callinectes danae Smith, 1869

Material examined (N=423). 2f, 19/IX/2000, 13°52’99”S / 38°59’59”W ( MZUESC #61).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – Bermuda, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil (from Pará to Rio Grande do Sul) ( Melo 1996; Barros et al. 1997a).

Ecological notes. Occurs in brackish to high-salinity waters, in mangroves, and muddy estuaries. Also in sandy beaches and the open sea. Intertidal to 75 m ( Melo 1996).

Previous records in Bahia. Smith (1869), Moreira (1901), Rathbun (1930), Williams (1974), Melo (1985), Almeida et al. (2006).