Decanet taxon details
Metacarcinus magister (Dana, 1852)
440388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:440388)
accepted
Species
Cancer magister Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cancer magister Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, &c. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the Exploring Expedition under Capt. Wilkes, U.S.N., including the Crustacea Cancroidea Corystoidea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 6: 73-86. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Metacarcinus magister (Dana, 1852). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=440388 on 2025-09-12
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(of Cancer magister Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, &c. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the Exploring Expedition under Capt. Wilkes, U.S.N., including the Crustacea Cancroidea Corystoidea. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 6: 73-86. [details]
context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
context source (Introduced species) Fofonoff, P.W.; Ruiz, G.M.; Steves, B.; Carlton, J.T. (2014-2024). National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS). , available online at http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Dungenesskrab | [details] |
| English | Pacific crabDungeness rock crabDungeness crabCalifornian crab | [details] |
| French | dormeur du Pacifiquecrabe maître | [details] |
| German | Pazifischer TaschenkrebsKalifornischer Taschenkrebs | [details] |
| Japanese | ホクヨウイチョウガニ [from synonym]アメリカイチョウガニ［ホクヨウイチョウガニ］ | [details] |
| Russian | Дандженесский краб | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (140 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metacarcinus magister)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To GenBank (4786 nucleotides; 782 proteins)
To GenBank (4786 nucleotides; 782 proteins) (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (17 records) (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000209.CR) (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metacarcinus magister)
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To GenBank (4786 nucleotides; 782 proteins)
To GenBank (4786 nucleotides; 782 proteins) (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (17 records) (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 000209.CR) (from synonym Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
