Study of the distribution of the genus Callinectes - Bok av Ofelia Castañeda López - Häftad
The Mexican Rlic is located between the geographical coordinates: 14° 32' 27\ South, 32° 43' 06\ North, 86° 42' 36\ Southeast and 118° 27' 24\ West. There are 17 coastal states: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo; in such a way that the Mexican coast occupies an approximate surface of 1,020,965 km2, covering about 57.2% of the total surface..