IRMNG - Carcinus Leach, 1814

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Carcinus Leach, 1814

IRMNG_ID

1321561 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1321561)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Carcinidae MacLeay, 1838

Synonymised names

Carcinides Rathbun, 1897 · unaccepted

Legia Rathke, 1837 · unaccepted

Ligea Illiger, 1801 · unaccepted

Ligia Weber, 1795 · unaccepted

Macropa Latreille, 1822 · unaccepted

Megalopa Leach, 1814 · unaccepted

Megalope Czerniavsky, 1878 · unaccepted

Megalops H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted

Megalopus Latreille in Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted

Sympractor Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted

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Species Carcinus aestuarii Nardo, 1847
Species Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcinus mediterraneus Czerniavsky, 1884
Species Carcinus granulatus Smith, 1857 accepted as Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carcinus moenas (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

in Edinb. Ency., 7 (2)
page(s): 390 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark See Carcinides Rathbun 1897. (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN). Family given as Portunidae in WoRMS (Mar...

Taxonomic remark See Carcinides Rathbun 1897. (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN). Family given as Portunidae in WoRMS (Mar 2013), Carcinidae in De Grave et al., 2009. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Carcinus Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1321561 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description in Edinb. Ency., 7 (2)
page(s): 390 [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

basis of record De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

verified source for family De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source Ng et al., 2008 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]

original description (of Ligia Weber, 1795) Nomen: Fabricii, 92 [details]

original description (of Sympractor Gistel, 1848) Nat. Thierr., ix. [details]

original description (of Carcinides Rathbun, 1897) Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 11
page(s): 164 [details]

original description (of Megalops H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (Roret's Suite à Buffon) Crustacés, 2
page(s): 260 [details]

original description (of Megalopa Leach, 1814) Brewster's Edin. Ency., 7 (2)
page(s): 431 [details]

original description (of Megalopus Latreille in Cuvier, 1829) in Cuvier, Règne Anim., ed. 2, 4
page(s): 85 [details]

original description (of Macropa Latreille, 1822) Latreille, P.A. (1818). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vingt-quatrième partie: Crustacés, arachnides et insectes. Agasse, Paris. 142+38 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/156158
page(s): 9 [details]

original description (of Ligea Illiger, 1801) Mag. Ins.-Kunde, 1
page(s): 140 [details]

original description (of Megalope Czerniavsky, 1878) Trudy Russ. Ent. Obschtsch. St. Petersburg, 11 (2)
page(s): 94 [details]

original description (of Legia Rathke, 1837) Mém. Présentés Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 3 (3 & 4)
page(s): 386 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Tertiary to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark See Carcinides Rathbun 1897. (Nomen. Zool.). Available name (validated by ICZN). Family given as Portunidae in WoRMS (Mar 2013), Carcinidae in De Grave et al., 2009. [details]

To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Megalopa Leach, 1814)