WILLIAMS: CRABS OF THE GENUS CALLINECTES 



Specimens of C. danae reported from Chile in 

 literature must be regarded as of uncertain origin, 

 either mistakenly identified with this Atlantic 

 species by early naturalists unfamiliar with simi- 

 lar Pacific forms, or carried from the Atlantic to 

 Pacific sides of South America by sea captains or 

 collectors who recorded destination of voyages as 

 country of origin rather than source of collection 

 (Garth, 1957). Locality data for USNM 20270 (1 

 3), and MNHNP 30.3, 30.2, 30.10, 30.11, 3 [?], 

 S31 (dry, 5 <5 , 1 2 ) listed as "Chili," and 30.20 (1 5 , 

 dry) as "Amerique" [labelled as Neptunus 

 diacanthus], col. Fontaines, are erroneous or in- 

 complete. Corrected identifications were also 

 made by Rathbun in 1896. 



A carapace and abdomen of an immature male 

 from the Pleistocene of Maryland (Wailes Bluff: 

 Bed 1) reported as Callinectes ornttus by Blake 

 (1953) is probably C. danae. Shape of the abdomen 

 is nearer to C. danae or C. similis than C. ornatus, 

 and the metagastric area in both proportions and 

 granulation is most like the average condition for 

 modern C. danae, next nearest to C sapidus, and 

 not like C. ornatus. 



PUERTO RICO 



24421, Palo Seco, Bahia de San Juan, 13 Jan. 

 1899, juv 2 5 , 1 5 , Fish Hawk. 123004, Bahia de 

 San Juan, 29 Mar. 1937, 1 ?, W. L. Schmitt. 73280, 

 Boca de Cangrejos, 7 mi E San Juan, 31 Mar. 1937, 

 1 2 (ov), W. L. Schmitt. 



VIRGIN ISLANDS 



St. Croix: 77101, Rust-op-Twist, on sea coast, no 

 date, 1 S , 2 juv, H. A. Beatty . 72833, St. Croix, Salt 

 River, no date, 8 juv, H. A. Beatty. 



ST. LUCIA 



22044, Port Castries, 29 Nov. 1887, 5$ , 65, 

 Albatross. 



MEXICO 



Quintana Roo: 123002, Bahia del Espiritu 

 Santo, N shore, 5 Apr. 1960, 1 S (parasitized), E. L. 

 Bousfield. 



HONDURAS 



78099, Utila I., 25 mi off coast, Sept. 1938, Is, 

 Louis Mouquin. 



Material.— Total. 202 lots, 782 -H specimens. 



Specimens listed in Rathbun (1930) from 

 USNM (24427, 24428, 24429, 22044, not found; 

 20115, 22817 = C. similis; 60984 = C. ornatus; Is, 

 1 9 40591 = C. marginatus) and MCZ (4278 not 

 found). 



USNM. 86 lots, 310+ specimens, including the 

 following not cited above: 



UNITED STATES 



Florida: 77087, Long Key, Tortugas, 5 Aug. 

 1930, 1 S juv, W. Bullington. [?] Uncatalogued, 

 Pompano Beach, Sept. 1943, l5 , E. R. Tinkham. 



CUBA 



123003, Bahia del a Habana, 11 May 1937, 2 6 , 

 W. L. Schmitt. 99862, Plava Baracoa, 16 Nov. 

 1954, 16 juv, K. K. Caldwell et al. 99916, Playa 

 Baracoa, Fisheries Lab., 16 Nov. 1954, 1 2, H. H. 

 Hobbs, Jr. 99937, E Xanadu, Hicacos Pen., 

 Matanzas Prov., 24-27 Jan. 1957, 1 3 , W. L. 

 Schmitt. 



JAMAICA 



42854, Montego Bay, 20 July 1910, IS juv, C. B. 

 Wilson. 46246, Montego Bay, 12 Nov. 1910, IS , A. 

 E. Andrews. 61364, 4 Feb. 1928, 2 2 juv, C. R. 

 Orcutt. 



PANAMA 



59283, 1912, 2 6,22,4 juv. Meek and Hilde- 

 brand. 59344, no date, 1 2, Meek and Hilde- 

 brand. 77089, Fox Bay, Colon, 23 Feb. 1935, 2 5 

 juv, S. F. Hildebrand. 89575, Galeta Pt., Ft. 

 Randolph, C. Z., 1949, 2 2,1 juv, V. Walters. 



COLOMBIA 



105034, Golfo del Darien, 7°56.8'N, 76°47'W to 

 7°56.5'N, 76°47'W, 8 Feb. 1960, 1 2 juv, Atlantis. 



VENEZUELA 



Falcon: 101825, Bahia de Amuay, Peninsula de 

 Paraguana, May 1957, 1 S , F. A. Aldrich. 

 Miranda: 89645, Tacarigua de la Laguna, 1 Mar. 

 1949, 1 s , Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, Stn. C-4. 

 Sucre: Gulf of Paria, 10°29'N, 62°30'W, 24 Oct. 

 1963, 1 S , Oregon Stn. 4495. Delta Amacuro: 

 123001, off Orinoco Delta, 09°39'N, 60°49'W, 

 26-27 Aug. 1958, 19, Oregon Stn. 2211. 



BRAZIL 



40590, 1875-77, 1 2 juv, Hartt. Rio de Janeiro: 

 77086, Sao Francisco, 25 Aug. 1925, 1 <5 , 2 2 juv, W. 

 L. Schmitt. 77107, Porto da Inhauma, May 1935, 

 11 6, 12 2, Doris Cochran. Parana: 77095, 77096, 

 Paranagua, 3 Oct. 1925, 46,1 2 juv, W. L. Schmitt. 



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