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Cancer punctulatus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer punctulatus was named by Desmarest (1822). It is the type species of Harpactocarcinus.

It was recombined as Harpactocarcinus punctulatus by Milne-Edwards (1862), Bittner (1883), Lörenthey (1898), Via (1959), Via (1991), Schweitzer (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Beschin et al. (2013) and Beschin et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bockhii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Cancer punctulatus Desmarest
1862Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Milne-Edwards
1875Cancer punctulatus Bittner p. 86
1883Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Bittner p. 311
1898Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Lörenthey pp. 13, 78
1959Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Via p. 51
1991Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Via p. 184
2003Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Schweitzer p. 1118
2010Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Schweitzer et al. p. 117
2013Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Beschin et al. p. 130
2015Harpactocarcinus punctulatus Beschin et al. p. 16 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-5

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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
speciespunctulatusDesmarest 1822

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 punctulatus Desmarest 1822
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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: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available