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Gecarcinus
Taxonomy
Gecarcinus was named by Leach (1814). It is the type genus of Gecarcinidae.
It was assigned to Gecarcinidae by Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Gecarcinidae by Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1814 | Gecarcinus Leach |
| 2017 | Gecarcinus Luque et al. p. 54 |
| 2023 | Gecarcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 2 |
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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.
G. †Gecarcinus Leach 1814
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Gecarcinus lateralis Guérin 1832
Gecarcinus ruricola Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Cuba | G. ruricola (66772) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bermuda | G. sp. (224567) | |
| Holocene | Haiti | G. ruricola (147275) | |
| Holocene | Mexico | G. quadratus, G. planatus (147227) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | G. lateralis (147239) G. ruricola (146579) |