WoRMS taxon details
Corystes cassivelaunus (Pennant, 1777)
107277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107277)
accepted
Species
Albunea dentata (Fabricius, 1793) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer cassivelaunus Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cancer personatus Herbst, 1785 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Corystes dentatus (Fabricius, 1793) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hippa dentata Fabricius, 1793 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cancer cassivelaunus Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 6 [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Corystes cassivelaunus (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107277 on 2026-09-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hippa dentata Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. <em>Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae.</em> 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532 [details] 
original description (of Cancer personatus Herbst, 1785) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]
original description (of Cancer cassivelaunus Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 6 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Cancer personatus Herbst, 1785) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]
original description (of Cancer cassivelaunus Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 6 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (BeRMS 2020)
Marine Biology Section, Ugent. Belgium. INRAM. Benthic fauna monitoring- SSD - Belgian Science Policy., available online at http://www.vliz.be/projects/inram/imers.php. [details]
additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | maskekrabbe | [details] |
| Dutch | predikantjepredikantenkrablangschaarkrabkubikelmeterkoggurmerkeeshelmkrabChineesje | [details] |
| English | masked crabhelmet crab | [details] |
| French | coryste | [details] |
| German | MaskenkrabbeAntennenkrebs | [details] |
| Swedish | skråpukskrabba | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (136 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corystes cassivelaunus)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (136 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corystes cassivelaunus)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
From editor or global species database
