What is Callinectes exasperatus?
{{italic title}} {{Speciesbox | image = Callinectes exasperatus.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Callinectes | species = exasperatus | authority = ([[Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker|Gerstaecker]], 1856)<ref>{{ITIS |id=98704 |taxon=''Callinectes danae'' (Gerstaecker, 1856) |accessdate=May 19, 2011}}</ref> }} '''''Callinectes exasperatus''''' (common name: '''rugose swimming crab''') is a [[species]] of swimming [[crab]]. They can be found in the western [[Atlantic Ocean]]. This species of crab mainly only eats [[carrion]] (dead bodies of other [[animal]]s). This species is not [[Commercial fishing|commercially fished]]. <ref>Rodríguez, Gilberto. (1980): Crustaceosa Decapodos de Venezuela. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. Caracas.494p.</ref><ref>World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422037 ''Callinectes exasperatus'' (Gerstaecker, 1856) AphiaID: 422037]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{wikispecies}} [[Category:Portunidae]] {{stub}}