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Cancer cassivelaunus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer cassivelaunus was named by Pennant (1777). It is the type species of Corystes.

It was recombined as Corystes cassivelaunus by Ortmann (1893), Boyko (2002), van Bakel et al. (2009) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Cancer cassivelaunus Pennant
1893Corystes cassivelaunus Ortmann p. 30
2002Corystes cassivelaunus Boyko p. 395
2009Corystes cassivelaunus van Bakel et al. p. 81
2010Corystes cassivelaunus Schweitzer et al. p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
genusCancer
speciescassivelaunusPennant 1777

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 cassivelaunus Pennant 1777
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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, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available