Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Callinectes arcuatus
nadador arqueado, Cuata swimming crab
Caparace width to 111 mm.
Origin and Affin. Atlantic. Littoral shore and Sublittoral to 25 m, on sand or sand/mud.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Portunoidea
Family
Portunidae
Genus
Callinectes
Species
arcuatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Callinectes dubia Kingsley, 1879, Callinectes nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879, Callinectes pleuriticus Ordway, 1863, fide Appeltans et al.(2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California and Panamic from Los Angeles, California to Chile and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Garth, J.S. (1991) Taxonomy, Distribution, and Ecology of Galápagos. Brachyura. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 123-155.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Callinectes arcuatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8499. Accessed 1 November 2026.