Common name of Callinectes ornatus
 
Common Name Shelligs crab
Language English
Type FAO old
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United Kingdom
Locality
Ref. Tavares, M., 2003
Life Stage adult
Sex unsexed
Core behavior
1st Modifier person (eponym)
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'crab' from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e., 'to curve'. Spelling to be checked in the main ref.
 
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