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Gecarcinus Leach, 1814 
AphiaID: 240966

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Thoracotremata (Subsection) > Grapsoidea (Superfamily) > Gecarcinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Cancer ruricola Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Gecarcinus lateralis (Fréminville, 1835)
Species Gecarcinus quadratus Saussure, 1853
Species Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species Gecarcinus agricola Reichenbach, 1828 accepted as Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Gecarcinus anisocheles Latreille, 1818 accepted as Eriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803)
Species Gecarcinus barbiger Poeppig, 1836 accepted as Paraxanthus barbiger (Poeppig, 1836)
Species Gecarcinus depressus Saussure, 1858 accepted as Gecarcinus lateralis (Fréminville, 1835)
Species Gecarcinus digueti Bouvier, 1895 accepted as Johngarthia planata (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Gecarcinus hirtipes Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Discoplax hirtipes (Dana, 1852)
Species Gecarcinus lagostoma H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Species Gecarcinus malpilensis Faxon, 1893 accepted as Johngarthia malpilensis (Faxon, 1893)
Species Gecarcinus planata Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Johngarthia planata (Stimpson, 1860)
Species Gecarcinus regius Poeppig, 1836 accepted as Homalaspis plana (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Species Gecarcinus trispinosus Desmarest, 1822 accepted as Galene bispinosa (Herbst, 1783)
Species Gecarcinus weileri Sendler, 1912 accepted as Johngarthia weileri (Sendler, 1912)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240966
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2007-06-05 08:26:38Z  created  Fransen, Charles
2009-12-16 08:58:17Z  checked  Davie, Peter
2011-01-19 07:58:39Z  changed  Davie, Peter
  
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  Citation: Davie, P.; Fransen, C. (2013). Gecarcinus Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240966 on 2013-05-23
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