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Carcinus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Taxonomy
Carcinus was named by Leach (1814) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Carcinidae, Carcininae.

It was assigned to Platyonychidae by Dana (1851); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Carcinidae by Garassino et al. (2004); to Portunidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Carcininae by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2002), Karasawa et al. (2008), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Carcinus Leach
1851Carcinus Dana p. 130
2002Carcinus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961
2002Carcinus Sepkoski
2004Carcinus Garassino et al. p. 269
2006Carcinus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61
2008Carcinus Karasawa et al. p. 99
2010Carcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 105
2021Carcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 3

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCarcinidaeMacLeay 1838
subfamilyCarcininaeMacLeay 1838
genusCarcinusLeach 1814

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. Carcinus Leach 1814
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Carcinus maenas Linnaeus 1758
Carcinus minor Rathbun 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available