Decanet name details
Carcinus moenas (Linnaeus, 1758)
429247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:429247)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Species
- Variety Carcinus moenas var. aestuarii Nardo, 1847 accepted as Carcinus maenas var. aestuarii Nardo, 1847 accepted as Carcinus aestuarii Nardo, 1847 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer maenas Linnaeus, 1758) 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 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Carcinus moenas (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429247 on 2025-09-12
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(of Cancer maenas Linnaeus, 1758) 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