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Carcinidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Taxonomy
Carcinidae was named by MacLeay (1838). It is extant. Its type is Carcinus.

It was assigned to Portunoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Feldmann et al. (2018), Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Carcinidae MacLeay
1851Platyonychidae Dana p. 130
2010Carcinidae Schweitzer et al. p. 105
2018Carcinidae Feldmann et al. p. 579
2021Carcinidae Schweitzer et al. p. 2

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCarcinidaeMacLeay 1838
familyCarcinidaeMacLeay 1838

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.

Fm. Carcinidae MacLeay 1838
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Subfm. Carcininae MacLeay 1838
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G. Carcinus Leach 1814
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Carcinus maenas Linnaeus 1758
†Carcinus minor Rathbun 1926
G. †Cicarnus Karasawa and Fudouji 2000
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†Cicarnus fumiae Karasawa and Fudouji 2000
G. †Miopipus Muller 1984
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†Miopipus pygmeus Brocchi 1883
†Miopipus zovensis Beschin et al. 2016
G. Portumnus Leach 1814
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†Portumnus tricarinatus Lorenthey 1929
G. †Xaiva MacLeay 1838
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†Xaiva bachmayeri Muller 1984
Subfm. Pirimelinae Alcock 1899
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G. †Parapirimela Van Straelen 1937
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†Parapirimela angolensis Van Straelen 1937
G. Pirimela Leach 1816
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†Pirimela lorentheyi Müller 1974
G. †Pliopirimela van Bakel et al. 2003
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†Pliopirimela deconincki van Bakel et al. 2003
G. †Trachypirimela Müller 1974
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†Trachypirimela grippi Müller 1974
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Invalid names: Trachypirimela radula Müller 1974 [synonym]
Subfm. Polybiinae Paulson 1875
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G. †Archaeogeryon Colosi 1924
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†Archaeogeryon corsolini Casadio 2004
†Archaeogeryon fuegianus Colosi 1924
†Archaeogeryon latus Glaessner 1933
†Archaeogeryon lophos Feldmann et al. 1995
†Archaeogeryon lophosdup Feldmann 1995
†Archaeogeryon navidad Feldmann 2005
Invalid names: Proterocarcinus Feldmann et al. 1995 [synonym]
G. Bathynectes Stimpson 1871
G. Benthochascon Alcock and Anderson 1899
G. †Bericocarcinus De Angeli 2018
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†Bericocarcinus alontensis De Angeli 2018
G. †Boschettia Busulini et al. 2003
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†Boschettia giampietroi Busulini et al. 2003
G. Brusinia Stevcic 1991
G. †Coeloma Milne-Edwards 1865
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Subg. Coeloma (Coeloma) Milne Edwards 1865
Subg. †Coeloma (Paracoeloma) Beurlen 1929
†Coeloma balticum Schluter 1879
†Coeloma bicarinatum Ravn 1904
†Coeloma birsteini Ilyin 2005
†Coeloma credneri Noetling 1881
†Coeloma dentata Woodward 1873
†Coeloma egerense Lorenthey 1929
†Coeloma glabra Woodward 1873
†Coeloma granulosum Milne-Edwards 1881
†Coeloma incarinatum Sorgenfrei 1940
†Coeloma isseli Ristori 1886
†Coeloma latifrons Forster and Mundlos 1982
†Coeloma macoveii Lazarescu 1959
†Coeloma martinezensis Rathbun 1926
†Coeloma rupeliense Stainier 1887
†Coeloma sabatium Ristori 1886
†Coeloma taunicum Von Meyer 1862
†Coeloma vareolata Lorenthey 1898
†Coeloma vigil Milne-Edwards 1865
Invalid names: Litoricola Woodward 1873 [synonym]
G. †Faksecarcinus Schweitzer et al. 2012
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†Faksecarcinus gracilis Jakobsen and Collins 1997
†Faksecarcinus koskobiloensis Klompmaker 2011
G. †Falsiportunites Collins and Jakobsen 2003
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†Falsiportunites longispinosus Collins and Jakobsen 2003
G. †Leiocarcinus Stimpson 1870
G. Liocarcinus Stimpson 1871
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†Liocarcinus atropatanus Aslanova and Dschafarova 1975
Liocarcinus corrugatus Pennant 1777 [wrinkled swimming crab]
Liocarcinus depurator Linnaeus 1758 [harbour crab]
†Liocarcinus heintzi Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010
Liocarcinus holsatus Fabricius 1798 [flying crab]
†Liocarcinus kuehni Bachmayer 1953
Liocarcinus marmoreus Leach 1816 [marbled swimming crab]
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Invalid names: Portunus musceli Pauca 1929 [synonym]
†Liocarcinus oroszyi Bachmayer 1953
†Liocarcinus praearcuatus Muller 1996
†Liocarcinus priscus Beschin et al. 2016
Liocarcinus pusillus Leach 1816 [dwarf swimming crab]
†Liocarcinus rakosensis Lorenthey 1929
G. †Lovaroides Beschin et al. 2016
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†Lovaroides elegans Beschin et al. 2016
G. Macropipus Prestandrea 1833
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†Macropipus gruneri Bachmayer and Rutsch 1962
†Macropipus ovalipes Secretan 1975
Macropipus tuberculatus Roux 1828 [knobby swimcrab]
G. †Maeandricampus Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
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†Maeandricampus americanus Rathbun 1930
†Maeandricampus granuliferum Glaessner 1960
†Maeandricampus granuliferus Glaessner 1960
†Maeandricampus starri Feldmann et al. 2018
†Maeandricampus triangulum Rathbun 1926
G. †Megokkos Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
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†Megokkos alaskensis Rathbun 1926
†Megokkos feldmanni Nyborg et al. 2003
†Megokkos hexagonalis Nagao 1932
†Megokkos macrospinus Schweitzer et al. 2000
G. †Minohellenus Karasawa 1990
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†Minohellenus araucanus Philippi 1887
†Minohellenus inexpressus Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
†Minohellenus macrocheilus Kato and Karasawa 1994
†Minohellenus minoensis Karasawa 1990
†Minohellenus sexdentatus Karasawa 1993
Minohellenus umemotoi Karasawa 1993
Invalid names: Imaizumila Karasawa 1993 [synonym], Itoigawaia Karasawa et al. 1992 [synonym]
G. Necora Holthuis 1987
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Necora puber Linnaeus 1767 [velvet crab]
G. †Olicarcinus Beschin and Checchi 2018
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†Olicarcinus trevisani Beschin and Checchi 2018
G. †Ophthalmoplax Rathbun 1935
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†Ophthalmoplax andina Guzmán et al. 2016
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Invalid names: Ophthalmoplax triambonatus Feldmann and Villamil 2002 [synonym]
†Ophthalmoplax minimus Ossó-Morales et al. 2010
†Ophthalmoplax stephensoni Rathbun 1935
G. Parathranites Miers 1886
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†Parathranites shibatai Karasawa 1990
G. Polybius Leach 1820
G. †Pororaria Glaessner 1980
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†Pororaria eocenica Glaessner 1980
G. †Portufuria Collins and Schulz 2005
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†Portufuria enigmatica Collins et al. 2005
G. †Portunites Bell 1858
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†Portunites alaskensis Rathbun 1926
†Portunites angustata Collins et al. 1999
†Portunites eocaenica Lorenthey 1929
†Portunites hoepfneri Moths 2005
†Portunites incertus Bell 1858
†Portunites insculpta Rathbun 1926
†Portunites kattachiensis Karasawa 1992
†Portunites macrospinus Schweitzer et al. 2000
†Portunites nodosa Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
†Portunites rosenfeldi De Angeli and Garassino 2006
†Portunites stintoni Quayle 1984
†Portunites subovata Quayle and Collins 1981
†Portunites sylviae Quayle and Collins 1981
†Portunites triangulum Rathbun 1926
†Portunites vicksburgensis Stenzel 1935
Invalid names: Leiochilus Reuss 1859 [synonym]
Invalid names: Macropipinae Stephenson and Campbell 1960 [synonym]
Subfm. Thiinae Dana 1852
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G. Thia Leach 1816
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†Thia scutellata Fabricius 1793
†Thia simplex Rathbun 1945
Invalid names: Platyonichidae Dana 1851 [synonym]
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 17:22:41
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:22:41
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 106.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (155 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Texas) Ophthalmoplax comancheensis (141153)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Navarro) Xanthosia koskobiloensis (125667)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Ophthalmoplax comancheensis (141174 142538 142539)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Cuba (Cienfuegos) Ophthalmoplax brasiliana (235288)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Colombia (Boyaca) Ophthalmoplax brasiliana (228522)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Colombia (Boyaca) Ophthalmoplax andina (228521)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Morocco Ophthalmoplax minimus (133906 133907)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Colombia (Boyocá) Ophthalmoplax andina (235310)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Ophthalmoplax stephensoni (142537)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Ophthalmoplax stephensoni (142531)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Ophthalmoplax stephensoni (142536)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Ophthalmoplax stephensoni (142530)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Ophthalmoplax brasiliana (4127)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Ophthalmoplax difuntaensis (133558)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) Proterocarcinus lophos (5162)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France Litoricola macrodactyla (232628)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Litoricola sp., Litoricola glabra, Litoricola dentata (135544)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Boschettia giampietroi (140158 207595) Miopipus zovensis (207470 207474)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Litoricola macrodactyla (226514)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Portunites incerta (76601) Portunites sp. (3260)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy (Pordenone) Portunites rosenfeldi (127494)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Denmark Falsiportunites longispinosus (146258)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Carcinus minor (139015) Coeloma martinezensis (139023)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Boschettia giampietroi (226615) Coeloma sp. (226616) Liocarcinus priscus (81057) Lovaroides elegans (146999)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Portunites insculpta (51922 51927)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) Proterocarcinus latus (202316)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Japan (Fukuoka) Portunites kattachiensis (168601)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Vicenza) Olicarcinus trevisani (145128)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) Portunites macrospinus (202157)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Chiapas) Xaiva sp. (228575)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Portunites insculpta (139884)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Carcininae indet. (56991)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Minohellenus inexpressus (200665 200666)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Portunites subovata (226653) Portunites sylviae (226649 226651) Portunites sylviae, Portunites subovata (226658)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Coeloma martinezensis (203164) Portunites sp. (180457)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Japan Cicarnus fumiae (205057)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Germany Coeloma balticum (46086)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Canada (British Colombia) Portunites alaskensis (209752)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand Pororaria eocenica, Rhachiosoma granuliferum (4886)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand Pororaria eocenica (37718) Rhachiosoma granuliferum (37708)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Carcinus minor (139853)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy (Vicenza) Portunites eocaenica, Bericocarcinus alontensis (184969)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Euphylax feldmanni (167461 202382) Portunites nodosus (202365)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Megokkos macrospinus (203405)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3USA (Washington) Megokkos alaskensis (139188) Portunites alaskensis (39961)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Megokkos alaskensis (139887 139889)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Greenland Coeloma bicarinatum (88287)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Japan (Saga) Imaizumila sexdentata (127692)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) Coeloma vigil (207617)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France Liocarcinus heintzi (224547)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Japan (Nagasaki) Imaizumila sexdentata (202439)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Coeloma taunicum (68021)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Japan Minohellenus macrocheilus (205046 205055)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Alessandria) Coeloma vigil (221589)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium (Limburg) Coeloma rupeliense (126561)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Maeandricampus triangulum (139444 139445 139447 139458 139460 139855 139857) Megokkos alaskensis (139524)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alaska) Megokkos alaskensis (139650 139886)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Oregon) Maeandricampus triangulum (139022 139533 139858 139860)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Argentina Archaeogeryon latus (232426)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (South Otago) Portunites granulifer (45653)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Japan (Fukuoka) Minohellenus macrocheilus (202368 202371)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Portunites triangulum (221303 221304 221306)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Oregon) Megokkos alaskensis (139890)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Romania Coeloma sp. (207775)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Alaska) Portunites alaskensis (7954)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (Washington) Maeandricampus starri (196806)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan (Hokkaido) Portunites hexagonalis (235785)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Archaeogeryon patagonicus (78427) Proterocarcinus navidad (53468 53475 133575 166364)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Liocarcinus lancetidactylus (127281 127282)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina Proterocarcinus latus (89478)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Rio Negro) Proterocarcinus corsolini (45689)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan (Ikushumbets) Portunites hexagonalis (235786)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Chile (Chiloe) Archaeogeryon navidad (228524)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Argentina (Santa Cruz) Archaeogeryon latus (224548)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Poland Liocarcinus praearcuatus (139754 139757)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Gifu) Parathranites shibatai, Charybdis quinquedentata, Portunites minoensis (46950)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina Archaeogeryon latus, Nectocarcinus verruculus (43002)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Shimane) Itoigawaia minoensis (127708)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Liocarcinus sp. (32516)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Hungary Carcinus lorentheyi (138812) Liocarcinus rakosensis (152608) Macropipus rakosensis (57045) Miopipus pygmeus, Liocarcinus rakosensis (207753) Portunus pygmeus (139735) Trachypirimela grippi, Miopipus pygmeus, Liocarcinus rakosensis, Liocarcinus kuehni (207750) Trachypirimela radula (126553) Trachypirimela radula, Macropipus pygmaeus, Macropipus rakosensis (140154)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina (Chubut) Proterocarcinus latus (56992 57049 57051)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Chile Cancer araucanus (80404)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brunei Darussalam Portunites obvallatus (173590) Portunites obvallatus, Portunites woodwardi (173581)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Chile (Valdivia) Archaeogeryon navidad (228523)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Xaiva bachmayeri (131977)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Liocarcinus rakosensis (127167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Thia simplex (68181 136142)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Carcinus sp. (221587) Coeloma isseli (226984) Coeloma sabatium (139185)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy (Siena) Liocarcinus sp. (221592)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Italy (Parma) Carcinus sp. (221584)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Liocarcinus holsatus (221312) Pliopirimela deconincki (221310)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Carcinus sp. (234406) Liocarcinus depurator (234407)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Carcinus moenas (127581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Carcinus maenas (215657 215663)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Carcinus maenas (215716)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Cantabria) Carcinus maenas (101904)