Decanet - Cancer tetragonus Fabricius, 1798

AphiaID

452400 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:452400)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Muradium tetragonum (Fabricius, 1798)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Parent

Cancer Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cancer tetragonus Fabricius, 1798

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Cancer tetragonus Fabricius, 1798. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=452400 on 2026-09-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-10 15:10:57Z

created

2010-02-25 15:41:33Z

changed

2022-06-02 02:31:35Z

changed

2022-07-08 08:34:34Z

changed

original description Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]

Definitions

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)