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Cancer raninus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer raninus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is the type species of Ranina.

It was recombined as Ranina ranina by Boyko (2002), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Karasawa et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cancer raninus Linnaeus
2002Ranina ranina Boyko p. 395
2010Ranina ranina Schweitzer et al. p. 74
2014Ranina ranina Karasawa et al. p. 260

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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
speciesraninusLinnaeus 1758

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 raninus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available