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Cancer productus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer productus was named by Randall (1839). It is extant.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bockhii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Cancer productus Randall
1926Cancer productus Rathbun p. 62
1975Cancer (Cancer) productus Nations p. 40 figs. 4, 13, 14, 39-1, 39-2
2010Cancer productus 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
speciesproductusRandall 1839

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 productus Randall 1839
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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 Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Cancer productus (226475)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Cancer productus (139724 139725)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Mexico Cancer productus (226612)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Cancer productus (226544 226581 226593 226608 226610)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Cancer productus (138719 138720 139843)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cancer productus (139844)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (California) Cancer productus (138722 138724)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (California) Cancer productus (220004)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Cancer productus (226486)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cancer productus (20639 84515 138723 200409 219031 219033 219034 219857 226457 226481 226571 226573 226574 226578 226580 226584 226595 226598 226602)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cancer productus (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cancer productus (59063 160361 226477 226478 226585 226609)