New record of blue swimming crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Crustacea: Portunidae) for the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil

By

Alencar, Carlos Eduardo Rocha Duarte
Morae, Sávio Arcanjo Santos Nascimento De
Araújo, Paulo Victor Do Nascimento
Brito, Vanessa Lisboa Guerra
Freire, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013-12-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1567--1570

Subjects

Brazil , Crustacea , new record , Portunidae , range extension , Rio Grande do Norte

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/9.6.1567

 

Abstract

The species Callinectes sapidus is reported for the first time in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil. In Brazil, this species is only known from the state of Rio Grande do Sul to the state of Paraíba. In this work, one more gap about the distribution of this species was discovered. Samplings were gathered in two localities: Cavalos River and Ceará-mirim River, north and east coast of Rio Grande do Norte, respectively. This new record increases information about the singular distribution of this species, known for being the only species of Callinectes with disjoint distribution in the Americas.