Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863

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 : 33

Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863

Material examined (N=105). 1m, 06–07/VI/2000, 13°52’99”S / 38°59’59”W ( MZUESC #56); 8m, 7f, 18–19/ IX/2000, 13°57’05”S / 38°59’68”W ( MZUESC #60).

Distribution. Western Atlantic – from North Carolina to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyanas, and Brazil (from Amapá to Rio Grande do Sul) ( Melo 1996).

Ecological notes. On sand and mud bottoms, up to 75 m ( Melo 1996).

Previous records in Bahia. Smith (1869), Gouvêa & Leite (1980), Melo (1985), Gouvêa (1986b), Coelho & Ramos-Porto (1992), Barreto et al. (1993), Almeida et al. (2006, 2007).