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Cancer borealis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer borealis was named by Stimpson (1862). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cancer (Metacarcinus) borealis by Nations (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bockhii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Cancer borealis Stimpson
1935Cancer borealis Rathbun p. 109
1975Cancer (Metacarcinus) borealis Nations p. 45 figs. 4, 38-2, 38-3
2010Cancer borealis Schweitzer et al. p. 101
2017Cancer borealis Luque et al. p. 23

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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
speciesborealisStimpson 1862

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 borealis Stimpson 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Cancer borealis (219172)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (Virginia) Cancer borealis (144126)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Cancer borealis (146567)