Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Callinectes toxotes
cangrejo nadador, Wimming crab
Origin and Affin. Atlantic.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Portunoidea
Family
Portunidae
Genus
Callinectes
Species
toxotes
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Callinectes diacanthus var. robustus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 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
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Callinectes toxotes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9379. Accessed 5 November 2026.