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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798) 
AphiaID: 107388

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Portunoidea (Superfamily) > Polybiidae (Family) > Liocarcinus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Liocarcinus Stimpson, 1871
Synonymised
taxa
  Macropipus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798) (synonym)
Polybius (Polybius) holsatus (Fabricius, 1798) (Subsequent combination)
Portunus holsatus Fabricius, 1798 (Subsequent combination)
Portunus lividus Leach, 1814
Sources  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: 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]

from synonym: d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventaire et distribution des crustacés décapodes de l'Atlantique nord-oriental, de la Méditerranée et des eaux continentales adjacentes au nord de 25°N [Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N]. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Leloup, E. (1941). Contributions à l'étude de la faune belge: 11. Les crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de la côte belge [Contributions to the study of Belgian fauna: 11. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Belgian coast]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 17(11): 1-19 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Harms, J. , 1993. Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuch. 47 1: 1-34. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish glat svømmekrabbe  [details]
Dutch gewone zeekrab  [details]
Dutch gewone zwemkrab  [details]
Dutch kleine zeekrab  [details]
Dutch porceleinkrabbetje  [details]
Dutch slabraai  [details]
Dutch witte krab  [details]
English flying crab  [details]
English swimming crab  [details]
French crabe nageur  [details]
German gemeine Schwimmkrabbe  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details]
Bray-Dunes [details]
Bredene [details]
British Isles [details]
Canaries [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]
Grevelingen [details]
Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Mariakerke [details]
North Coast of Norway [details]
North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oosterschelde [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Thorntonbank (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Voordelta [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Westhinder (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Zeebrugge [details]
Zeeland [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
PlanktonNet Image
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Not in Mediterranean. [details]

DistributionL. holsatus is one of the most common crabs in the fauna of Belgium and the Netherlands. They can wash ashore with thousand species at a time. [details]

Synonymy: Originally described as Cancer holsatus Fabricius, 1798 [details]
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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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Catch
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Bycatch
Bycatch
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Gewone zwemkrab
Gewone zwemkrab
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Zwemkrabben
Zwemkrabben
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zwemkrab in een blikje
zwemkrab in een blikje
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107388
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2007-06-12 14:12:52Z  checked  Fransen, Charles
  
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  Citation: Fransen, C.; Türkay, M. (2013). Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107388 on 2013-05-23
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