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

Carlos Alencar; Vanessa Brito; Sávio Morae; Paulo Victor Araújo; Fúlvio Freire

doi:10.15560/9.6.1567

Check List 9(6): 1567-1570, doi: 10.15560/9.6.1567

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

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

‡ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Corresponding author: Carlos Alencar ( carlosce2002@gmail.com )

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Citation: Alencar C, Brito V, Morae S, Araújo P, Freire F (2013) New record of blue swimming crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Crustacea: Portunidae) for the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil. Check List 9(6): 1567-1570. 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.

Keywords

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