Cancer pagurus Linnaeus 1758 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Alternative combination: Cancer (Cancer) pagurus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Cancer according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Nations 1975 and van Bakel et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Cancer (Cancer), Cancer allisoni, Cancer araneus, Cancer bainbridgensis, Cancer beaumonti, Cancer bellianus, Cancer borealis, Cancer brewerii, Cancer burtini, Cancer carniolicus, Cancer cassivelaunus, Cancer chaneyi, Cancer coosensis, Cancer dorsipes, Cancer durhami, Cancer fissus, Cancer fujinaensis, Cancer gabbi, Cancer garthi, Cancer irroratus, Cancer johngarthi, Cancer maculatus, Cancer marri, Cancer meticurensis, Cancer modestus, Cancer nancei, Cancer parvidens, Cancer pelagicus, Cancer porteri, Cancer proavitus, Cancer productus, Cancer punctulatus, Cancer raninus, Cancer reversus, Cancer rhomboides, Cancer santosi, Cancer solitarius, Cancer spinosusdup, Cancer styriacus, Cancer tomowoi, Cancer tomowoidup, Cancer vancalsteri, Cancer villabersiani, Cancer whitfieldi, Cancer yanceyi, Cancer zahrae, Cancer zameniscus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Spain (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Belgium (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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