WoRMS taxon details
Pisa muscosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
107356 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107356)
accepted
Species
Cancer muscosa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maja ambigua A Costa, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer muscosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Pisa muscosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107356 on 2026-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cancer muscosa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Maja ambigua A Costa, 1840) Costa, A. (1840). Statistica fisica ed economica dell'Isola di Capri. 7. Crostacei. <em>Esercitazioni accademiche degli Aspiranti Naturalisti, Napoli.</em> 2(1): 73-77, pl. IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9238427 [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]
[request]original description (of Maja ambigua A Costa, 1840) Costa, A. (1840). Statistica fisica ed economica dell'Isola di Capri. 7. Crostacei. <em>Esercitazioni accademiche degli Aspiranti Naturalisti, Napoli.</em> 2(1): 73-77, pl. IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9238427 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
