Global Ocean Surface Ecosystem Alliance (GO-SEA)

genus: (Callinectes)

1 Observation

photo of Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

species: Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Observer
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Date
6/25/2021
Quality grade
research
License
CC-BY-NC
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Taxonomy

1 Observed species for (Callinectes)

Species Interactions

The species with links are species that have observations.

Eats

  • Molluscs (Mollusca)
  • (Corallina)
  • Broadleaf Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
  • Y-branched Algae (Dictyota)
  • Rangias (Rangia)
  • (Gammarus)
  • Widgeonweeds (Ruppia)
  • (Algae)
  • (micro-benthos and meio-benthos)
  • (Detritus)
  • (micro- and meio-benthos)
  • (Prymnesiophyceae)
  • (Spatoglossum schroederi)
  • (Plocamium brasiliense)
  • (Valonia aegagropila)
  • (Centroceras)
  • (Gracilaria sp.)
  • Prickly Seaweed (Acanthophora spicifera)
  • (Lithophyllum)
  • (Sphacelaria)
  • Encrusting Fan-leaf Alga (Lobophora variegata)
  • (Padina gymnospora)
  • Scalpel Green Seaweed (Caulerpa scalpelliformis)
  • (Hypnea musciformis)
  • (Bryopsis pennata)
  • (Chondria curvilineata)

Preys on

Eaten by

  • Ray-finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)
  • Octopuses (Octopoda)
  • Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)
  • Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
  • Great Egret (Ardea alba)
  • Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
  • Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)
  • Blunttooth Swimcrab (Callinectes bocourti)
  • Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
  • Atlantic White-spotted Octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)
  • Bay Whiff (Citharichthys spilopterus)
  • Frillfin Goby (Bathygobius soporator)
  • Bank Sea Bass (Centropristis ocyurus)
  • Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
  • Red Grouper (Epinephelus morio)
  • Wingfin Anchovy (Pterengraulis atherinoides)
  • Ladyfish (Elops saurus)
  • Smalltail Shark (Carcharhinus porosus)
  • (Prionotus)
  • Caribbean Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon porosus)
  • Gillbacker Sea Catfish (Sciades parkeri)
  • (Sciades proops)
  • Law Croaker (Pseudotolithus senegallus)
  • (Pseudotolithus)
  • (Polydactylus approximans)
  • Weakfishes (Cynoscion)
  • Yellowfin Snook (Centropomus robalito)
  • Dusky Smooth-hound (Mustelus canis)
  • Plumed Scorpionfish (Scorpaena grandicornis)
  • Grey Snapper (Lutjanus griseus)
  • Horned Searobin (Bellator militaris)
  • Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis)
  • Northern Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus)
  • Atlantic Bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus)
  • (Morone mississippiensis)
  • Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus)
  • Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus)
  • Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)
  • Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
  • Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus)
  • Atlantic Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)
  • Black Drum (Pogonias cromis)
  • Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus)
  • Bighead Searobin (Prionotus tribulus)
  • Southern Kingfish (Menticirrhus americanus)
  • Blackedge Moray (Gymnothorax nigromarginatus)
  • Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus)
  • Atlantic Midshipman (Porichthys plectrodon)
  • Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
  • Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Preyed upon by

Species interaction data comes from GloBI.

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