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Carcinus
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).
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).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1814 | Carcinus Leach |
| 1851 | Carcinus Dana p. 130 |
| 2002 | Carcinus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961 |
| 2002 | Carcinus Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Carcinus Garassino et al. p. 269 |
| 2006 | Carcinus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61 |
| 2008 | Carcinus Karasawa et al. p. 99 |
| 2010 | Carcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 105 |
| 2021 | Carcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 3 |
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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. Carcinus Leach 1814
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Carcinus maenas Linnaeus 1758
†Carcinus minor Rathbun 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eocene | USA (California) | C. minor (139015) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Washington) | C. minor (139853) | |
| Pliocene | Italy | C. sp. (221587) | |
| Zanclean - Calabrian | Italy (Parma) | C. sp. (221584) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | C. sp. (234406) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Morocco | C. moenas (127581) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | C. maenas (215657 215663) | |
| Holocene | Spain (Cantabria) | C. maenas (101904) | |
| Holocene | Spain | C. maenas (215716) |