Specimen Information

Callinectes bocourti
Callinectes bocourti
(Bocourt swimming crab)
Crustaceans-Crabs
Native Transplant

Specimen ID163742
GroupCrustaceans-Crabs
GenusCallinectes
Speciesbocourti
Common NameBocourt swimming crab
StateFL
CountyMiami-Dade
LocalityMatheson Hammock Beach, Biscayne
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameFlorida Southeast Coast
HUC8 Number03090206
HUC10 Number0309020617
Map
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Collection Day12
Collection Month12
Collection Year1950
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaydispersed ocean current
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:14179
Author:Provenzano, A.J.
Date:1950
Title:A North American record for Callinectes bocourti (A. Milne Edwards, 1879) (Decapoda, Portunidae).
Journal:Crustaceana
Volume:3
Issue:2
Pages:167
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recordnation
DisposalUniversity of Miami Marine Laboratory Museum
Museum Cat NumberUMML 32.845
VerifierG. Voss
Freshwater/MarineMarine
Number Preserved1
Number of Breeding Males1
Specimen ImpactMay compete for habitat with native species (Callinectes sapidus).


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