Studies on decapod crustacea from the Indian River region of Florida. III. Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Decapoda, Portunidae) from the central east coast of Florida

Callinectes bocourt;, a large, swimming crab of some commercial importance, is found predominantly throughout the West Indies and down to Brazil. Holthuis (1959) noted that the species was the most abundant portunid found in Surinam, probably because it was able to tolerate lower salinities than other swimming crabs in the region.

This manuscript is a preprint version with the final publication available at http://www.brill.nl/crustaceana and may be cited as: Gore, R.H., & Grizell, R.E. (1974) Studies ondecapod crustacea from the Indian River region of Florida. III. Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (Decapoda, Portunidae) from the central east coast of Florida. Crustaceana, 27(3), 306-308.

Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #10.