| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|
| Callinectes affinis Fausto, 1980 | | Brazil |
| † Callinectes alabamensis Rathbun, 1935 | | |
| Callinectes amnicola (Rochebrune, 1883) | | Cape Verde Islands and Mauritania to Angola. |
| Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 | | Pacific coast of Central America. |
| Callinectes bellicosus Stimpson, 1859 | | Mexico |
| Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 | | Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil |
| Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 | | Brazil and the West Indies. |
| † Callinectes declivis Rathbun, 1918 | | |
| Callinectes exasperatus (Gerstaecker, 1856) | rugose swimming crab | western Atlantic Ocean. |
| † Callinectes jamaicensis Withers, 1924 | | |
| Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863 | | |
| Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) | | the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola. |
| Callinectes megas Ritch, 2006 | Giant blue crab | Japan |
| Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 | | western Atlantic Ocean, as well the Caribbean coastlines. |
| Callinectes pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883) | | Mauritania to Angola. |
| † Callinectes paraensis Beurlen, 1958 | | |
| † Callinectes quiloensis Verma, 1977 | | |
| Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930 | | warm coastal waters of Mexico. |
| † Callinectes reticulatus Rathbun, 1918 | | |
| Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 | Chesapeake blue crab | western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico |
| Callinectes similis Williams, 1966 | lesser blue crab or dwarf crab | Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from the United States to Colombia. |
| Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863 | | Eastern Pacific |