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Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister (dungeness crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer magister was named by Dana (1852). It is extant. It is the type species of Metacarcinus.

It was recombined as Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister by Nations (1975); it was recombined as Metacarcinus magister by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), Feldmann et al. (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bockhii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Cancer magister Dana
1926Cancer magister Rathbun p. 64
1975Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister Nations p. 37 figs. 4, 17, 18, 23, 34-1, 34-2
2000Metacarcinus magister Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 235
2006Metacarcinus magister Feldmann et al. p. 418
2010Metacarcinus magister Schweitzer et al. p. 102
2019Metacarcinus magister Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 4 fig. 3.2a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCancroideaLatreille 1802
familyCancridae()
subfamilyCancrinaeLatreille 1802
genusCancerMilne Edwards 1862
subgenusMetacarcinus
speciesmagister(Dana 1852)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister Dana 1852 [dungeness crab]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Oregon) Cancer magister (226463)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Cancer magister (226475)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Cancer magister (226488)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cancer magister (226460 226473 226480 226481 226539 226580 226584)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Cancer magister (226483 226484 226485 226487)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cancer magister (160361 219032 226585 226596)