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Cancer pagurus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer pagurus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cancer (Cancer) pagurus by Nations (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bockhii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cancer pagurus Linnaeus
1975Cancer (Cancer) pagurus Nations p. 46 figs. 8, 41-1, 41-2
2003Cancer pagurus van Bakel et al. p. 102 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-9
2010Cancer pagurus Schweitzer et al. p. 101

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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
speciespagurus

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 pagurus Linnaeus 1758
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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: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Cancer pagurus (221310 221313)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Cancer pagurus (215736 215740)