Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863 Material examined (N=58). 2m, 06–07/VI/2000 (MZUESC #59); 1f, 18/IX/2000, 13°52’37”S / 38°57’11”W (MZUESC #62). Distribution. Western Atlantic – Bermuda, North Carolina to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil (from Pará to São Paulo) (Melo 1996; Barros et al. 1997a). Ecological notes. On sand and mud bottoms and in mangroves, also in brackish water. Rarely in the open sea. Shallow waters to 25 m (Melo 1996). Previous records in Bahia. Smith (1869), Moreira (1901) [as C. marginatus A. Milne Edwards, 1861)], Rathbun (1930) (as C. marginatus), Williams (1974) (as C. marginatus), Melo (1985), Almeida et al. (2006).

Published as part of Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 1553 on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178168