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Cancer (crab)
Taxonomy
Cancer was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-l R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Cancroidea, Cancrinae, Cancerides.
It was assigned to Insecta by Geoffroy (1762); to Pedestria by Scopoli (1763); to Agonata by Fabricius (1775); to Aptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767) and Müller (1776); to Cancridae by Rathbun (1926), Glaessner (1960), Karasawa (1990), Feldmann and Keys (1992) and Karasawa (1993); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cancrinae by Dana (1851), Müller (1984), Berglund and Goedert (1992), Berglund and Goedert (1996), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2002), van Bakel et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer and Feldmann (2019).
It was assigned to Insecta by Geoffroy (1762); to Pedestria by Scopoli (1763); to Agonata by Fabricius (1775); to Aptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767) and Müller (1776); to Cancridae by Rathbun (1926), Glaessner (1960), Karasawa (1990), Feldmann and Keys (1992) and Karasawa (1993); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cancrinae by Dana (1851), Müller (1984), Berglund and Goedert (1992), Berglund and Goedert (1996), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2002), van Bakel et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer and Feldmann (2019).
Species
C. (Cancer), C. allisoni, C. araneus, C. bainbridgensis, C. beaumonti, C. bellianus, C. borealis, C. brewerii, C. burtini, C. carniolicus, C. cassivelaunus, C. chaneyi, C. coosensis, C. dorsipes, C. durhami, C. fissus, C. fujinaensis, C. gabbi, C. garthi, C. irroratus, C. johngarthi, C. maculatus, C. marri, C. meticurensis, C. modestus, C. nancei, C. pagurus, C. parvidens, C. pelagicus, C. porteri, C. proavitus, C. productus, C. punctulatus, C. raninus, C. reversus, C. rhomboides, C. santosi, C. solitarius, C. spinosusdup, C. styriacus, C. tomowoi, C. tomowoidup, C. vancalsteri, C. villabersiani, C. whitfieldi, C. yanceyi, C. zahrae, C. zameniscus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Cancer Linnaeus p. 625 |
| 1761 | Cancer Linnaeus p. 492 |
| 1762 | Cancer Geoffroy p. 661 |
| 1763 | Cancer Scopoli p. 405 |
| 1764 | Cancer Müller p. 95 |
| 1766 | Cancer Schaeffer |
| 1767 | Cancer Linnaeus p. 1038 |
| 1775 | Cancer Fabricius p. 400 |
| 1776 | Cancer Müller p. 195 |
| 1851 | Cancer Dana p. 124 |
| 1926 | Cancer Rathbun p. 59 |
| 1960 | Cancer Glaessner p. 20 |
| 1984 | Cancer Müller p. 75 |
| 1990 | Cancer Karasawa p. 5 |
| 1992 | Cancer Berglund and Goedert p. 5 |
| 1992 | Cancer Feldmann and Keys p. 10 |
| 1993 | Cancer Karasawa p. 49 |
| 1996 | Cancer Berglund and Goedert p. 830 |
| 2000 | Cancer Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 226 |
| 2002 | Cancer Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961 |
| 2002 | Cancer Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Cancer van Bakel et al. p. 102 |
| 2010 | Cancer Schweitzer et al. p. 101 |
| 2017 | Cancer Luque et al. p. 23 |
| 2019 | Cancer Schweitzer and Feldmann 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. Cancer Linnaeus 1758 [crab]
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†Cancer allisoni Nations 1975
Cancer araneus Linnaeus 1758 [great spider crab]
†Cancer bainbridgensis Rathbun 1926
†Cancer beaumonti Milne Edwards 1864
Cancer bellianus Johnson 1861
Cancer borealis Stimpson 1862
†Cancer brewerii Gabb 1866
†Cancer burtini Galeotii 1837
†Cancer carniolicus Bittner 1884
†Cancer cassivelaunus Pennant 1777
†Cancer chaneyi Nations 1975
†Cancer coosensis Nations 1975
†Cancer dorsipes Linnaeus 1758
†Cancer durhami Nations 1975
†Cancer fissus Rathbun 1908
†Cancer fujinaensis Sakumoto et al. 1992
†Cancer gabbi Rathbun 1926
†Cancer garthi Nations 1975
Cancer irroratus Say 1817
Cancer johngarthi Carvacho 1989
†Cancer maculatus Linnaeus 1758 [spotted reef crab]
†Cancer marri Nations 1975
†Cancer meticurensis Thurmann 1853
†Cancer modestus Fritsch and Kafka 1887
†Cancer nancei Bahman et al. 2020
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus 1758
†Cancer parvidens Collins and Fraaye 1991
Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus 1758
Cancer porteri Rathbun 1930
†Cancer proavitus Packard 1900
Cancer productus Randall 1839
†Cancer punctulatus Desmarest 1822
†Cancer raninus Linnaeus 1758
†Cancer reversus Fritsch and Kafka 1887
Cancer rhomboides Linnaeus 1758
†Cancer santosi Rathbun 1937
†Cancer solitarius Fritsch and Kafka 1887
†Cancer spinosusdup Ristori 1886
†Cancer styriacus Bittner 1884
†Cancer tomowoi Karasawa 1990
†Cancer tomowoidup Karasawa 1990
†Cancer vancalsteri van Bakel et al. 2003
†Cancer villabersiani Gary 1907
†Cancer whitfieldi Pilsbry 1901
†Cancer yanceyi Nations 1975
†Cancer zahrae Bahman et al. 2020
†Cancer zameniscus Feldmann et al. 2023
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available