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Carcininae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Carcininae MacLeay
1981Carcininae Quayle and Collins p. 747
1992Carcininae Karasawa p. 1252
1993Carcininae Karasawa p. 52
1999Carcininae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 242
2000Carcininae Karasawa and Fudouji p. 244
2002Carcininae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961
2006Carcininae Schweitzer et al. p. 24 figs. Table 1
2008Carcininae Karasawa et al. p. 99
2010Carcininae Schweitzer et al. p. 105
2021Carcininae Schweitzer et al. p. 3

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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
subfamilyCarcininaeMacLeay 1838
subfamilyCarcininaeMacLeay 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.

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
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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Miopipus zovensis (207470 207474)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Carcinus minor (139015)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Chiapas) Xaiva sp. (228575)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Carcininae indet. (56991)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Japan Cicarnus fumiae (205057)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Carcinus minor (139853)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Hungary Macropipus pygmaeus (140154) Miopipus pygmeus (207750 207753) Portunus pygmeus (139735)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Xaiva bachmayeri (131977)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Carcinus sp. (221587)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Italy (Parma) Carcinus sp. (221584)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Carcinus sp. (234406)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Carcinus moenas (127581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Carcinus maenas (215657 215663)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Cantabria) Carcinus maenas (101904)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Carcinus maenas (215716)