WoRMS taxon details
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 107276
AphiaID: 107276
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Cancroidea (Superfamily) > Cancridae (Family) > Cancer (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Cancer Linnaeus, 1758 Platycarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Cancer Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cancer fimbriatus Olivi, 1792 (synonym) Cancer luederwaldti Rathbun, 1930 (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Adriatic Sea [details] Atlantic [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details] Blankenberge [details] British Isles [details] Canada [details] De Haan [details] De Panne [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 34 [details] FAO fishing area 47 [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Knokke [details] Knokke-Heist [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Nieuwpoort [details] North Coast of Norway [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Oostende [details] Oosterschelde [details] Pacific Ocean [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Schelde estuary [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] USA [details] Voordelta [details] Wadden Sea [details] West Africa [details] West Coast of Norway [details] Westerschelde [details] Wimereux [details] Zeebrugge [details] Zeeland [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 50 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107276 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Fransen, C.; Türkay, M. (2013). Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107276 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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