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Pseudocarcinus mercenaria
Taxonomy
Cancer mercenaria was named by Say (1818). It is extant.
It was recombined as Pseudocarcinus mercenaria by Holmes (1860); it was recombined as Menippe mercenaria by Rathbun (1935), Schweitzer (2005), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2020).
It was recombined as Pseudocarcinus mercenaria by Holmes (1860); it was recombined as Menippe mercenaria by Rathbun (1935), Schweitzer (2005), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1818 | Cancer mercenaria Say |
| 1860 | Pseudocarcinus mercenaria Holmes p. 8 |
| 1935 | Menippe mercenaria Rathbun p. 117 |
| 2005 | Menippe mercenaria Schweitzer p. 280 |
| 2010 | Menippe mercenaria Schweitzer et al. p. 132 |
| 2017 | Menippe mercenaria Luque et al. p. 51 |
| 2020 | Menippe mercenaria Schweitzer et al. p. 3 fig. 2.1a,b |
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Pseudocarcinus mercenaria Say 1818
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Collections
No collection or age range data are available