Decanet taxon details
Carcininae MacLeay, 1838
Megalopidae Haworth, 1825 · unaccepted
- Genus Carcinus Leach, 1814
- Genus Cicarnus Karasawa & Fudouji, 2000 †
- Genus Miopipus Müller, 1984 †
- Genus Carcinides Rathbun, 1897 accepted as Carcinus Leach, 1814 (unnecessary replacement name)
- Genus Carcinus Billberg, 1820 accepted as Carcinus Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Megalopa Leach, 1814 accepted as Carcinus Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Megalops Leach, 1814 accepted as Megalopa Leach, 1814 accepted as Carcinus Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Platyonichus Latreille, 1818 accepted as Portumnus Leach, 1814 (unnecessary replacement name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Carcininae MacLeay, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148432 on 2025-09-11
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MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]
original description (of Megalopidae Haworth, 1825) Haworth, A.H. (1825). A new binary arrangement of the macrurous Crustacea. <em>Philosophical Magazine and Journal.</em> 65(323): 183-184. [details]
basis of record Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
original description (of Megalopidae Haworth, 1825) Haworth, A.H. (1825). A new binary arrangement of the macrurous Crustacea. <em>Philosophical Magazine and Journal.</em> 65(323): 183-184. [details]
basis of record Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors