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Cancer pelagicus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

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

It was recombined as Portunus pelagicus by Schweitzer et al. (2006) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus
2006Portunus pelagicus Schweitzer et al. p. 118
2010Portunus pelagicus Schweitzer et al. p. 112

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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
speciespelagicusLinnaeus 1758

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 pelagicus 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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available