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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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): 47.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma
Collections (109 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | USA (California) | Cancer sp. (122294 122337) | |
| Eocene | USA (California) | Cancer gabbi (139652) | |
| Bartonian | Hungary | Cancer bockhii (161773) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (Washington) | Cancer bainbridgensis (139655) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | Cancer bainbridgensis (52362) | |
| Miocene | Japan | Cancer tomowoi (207637) | |
| Neogene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Cancer vancalsteri (126563) | |
| Neogene | Poland | Cancer styriacus (139757) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (California) | Cancer allisoni, Cancer chaneyi (226592) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina | Cancer zameniscus (43002) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Oregon) | Cancer allisoni, Cancer coosensis (39805) | |
| Burdigalian - Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Cancer irroratus (144136) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Cancer allisoni (226591) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Gifu) | Cancer sp. (55920) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Shimane) | Cancer fujinaensis, Cancer tomowoi (127708) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Spain (Alicante) | Cancer deshayesi (233212) | |
| Serravallian | USA (California) | Cancer coosensis (226542) | |
| Serravallian | Hungary | Cancer styriacus (34739) | |
| Badenian | Poland | Cancer styriacus (32515) | |
| Tortonian | Netherlands (Liessel) | Cancer parvidens (133112) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | Cancer coosensis (226474) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Maryland) | Cancer borealis, Cancer nancei (219172) Cancer zahrae (71631) | |
| Tortonian - Piacenzian | USA (California) | Cancer sp. (188305) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Cancer proavitus (144204) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (Virginia) | Cancer borealis (144126) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | Cancer marri (226492 226493) | |
| Zanclean | USA (California) | Cancer durhami (226470) Cancer fissus (139656 226490) Cancer marri, Cancer fissus (226479) Cancer productus (226475) | |
| Pliocene | USA (California) | Cancer fissus (139658) Cancer productus (139724 139725) | |
| Zanclean - Gelasian | USA (California) | Cancer sp. (214256) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan (Shizuoka) | Cancer japonicus (202452) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Cancer sp. (228744) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Cancer allisoni, Cancer chaneyi, Cancer productus (226593) Cancer productus (226544 226581 226608 226610) Cancer sp. (186031) Cancer yanceyi (226488) | |
| Piacenzian | Mexico | Cancer allisoni (226586) Cancer productus (226612) | |
| Piacenzian | Belgium | Cancer pagurus (221310 221313) | |
| Gelasian | USA (California) | Cancer sp. (214286) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Cancer irroratus (159995) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Cancer chaneyi (226583) Cancer productus (138719 138720 139843) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Cancer productus (139844) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Cancer irroratus (159994) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Maine) | Cancer irroratus (159999) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Cancer irroratus (160000) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Chile (Huasco) | Cancer sp. (223690) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (California) | Cancer productus (138722 138724) | |
| Calabrian | USA (California) | Cancer garthi (226489) Cancer productus (220004) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Cancer breweri (222663) Cancer chaneyi (226572 226582) Cancer chaneyi, Cancer productus (219033 219857 226571 226574) Cancer productus (20639 84515 138723 200409 219031 219034 226457 226481 226573 226578 226580 226584 226595 226598 226602) Cancer sp. (71054) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan (Ishikawa) | Cancer japonicus (202458) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Cancer coosensis (226487) Cancer productus (226486) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Cancer sp. (127571) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Cancer irroratus (48886 66720 66721) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Cancer irroratus (57706) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Cancer chaneyi, Cancer productus (96591) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Cancer chaneyi (226567) Cancer chaneyi, Cancer productus (59063) Cancer productus (160361 226477 226478 226585 226609) Cancer sp. (96895) | |
| Holocene | Spain | Cancer pagurus (215736 215740) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Cancer borealis (146567) |