Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758), author: Hillewaert, Hans
Bythocaris gracilis - group, author: Nozes, Claude
Porcellana platycheles, author: Eneman, Eddy
Caridina lilianae, author: Klotz, Werner

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS name details

Cancer cancharus Linnaeus, 1758

1578474  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1578474)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Cancroidea (Superfamily)
  15. Cancridae (Family)
  16. Cancrinae (Subfamily)
  17. Cancer (Genus)
  18. Cancer cancharus (Species)
 unaccepted (junior synonym by reversal of precedence (ICZN Article 23.9))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Cancer cancharus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1578474 on 2025-04-30
Date
action
by
2022-04-18 13:55:23Z
created
Ahyong, Shane
2022-06-08 17:32:17Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.

Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License


Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Ahyong, S.T., Low, M.E.Y., Macpherson, E. & Tan, S.H. (2017). <i>Cancer strigosus</i> Linnaeus, 1760: neotype selection, its identification with <i>Cancer cancharus</i> Linnaeus, 1758, and reversal of precedence (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4323: 440–444. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Syntype UUZM 257, geounit Norway [details]