WoRMS taxon details
Chionoecetes opilio (Fabricius, 1788)
107315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107315)
accepted
Species
Cancer opilio Fabricius, 1788 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cancer phalangivm Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Chionoecetes behringianus Stimpson, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chionoecetes chilensis Streets, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Peloplastus Pallasii Gerstaecker, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Chionoecetes opilio elongatus Rathbun, 1924 accepted as Chionoecetes elongatus Rathbun, 1924 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer opilio Fabricius, 1788) Fabricius, O. (1788). Beskrivelse over den store Grønlandske Krabbe. <em>Nye Samling af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrivter.</em> 3: 181-190; unnumbered Plate. [details] 
Distribution Arctic to Gulf of Maine
Distribution Arctic to Gulf of Maine [details]
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Chionoecetes opilio (Fabricius, 1788). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107315 on 2024-04-20
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original description
(of Cancer opilio Fabricius, 1788) Fabricius, O. (1788). Beskrivelse over den store Grønlandske Krabbe. <em>Nye Samling af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrivter.</em> 3: 181-190; unnumbered Plate. [details]
original description (of Chionoecetes behringianus Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). Notices of new species of Crustacea of western North America; being an abstract from a paper to be published in the journal of the Society. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 6: 84-89. [details]
original description (of Chionoecetes chilensis Streets, 1870) Streets, T.H. (1870). Notice of some crustacea of the genus <i>Libinia</i>, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 22: 104-107. [details]
original description (of Peloplastus Pallasii Gerstaecker, 1856) Gerstaecker, A. (1856). Carcinologische Beiträge. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 22(1): 101-162, pls. 4-6. [details]
original description (of Cancer phalangivm Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
[request]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pohle, G.W. (1990). A guide to decapod Crustacea from the Canadian Atlantic: Anomura and Brachyura. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Science.</em> 1771. 29 p. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
original description (of Chionoecetes behringianus Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). Notices of new species of Crustacea of western North America; being an abstract from a paper to be published in the journal of the Society. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 6: 84-89. [details]
original description (of Chionoecetes chilensis Streets, 1870) Streets, T.H. (1870). Notice of some crustacea of the genus <i>Libinia</i>, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 22: 104-107. [details]
original description (of Peloplastus Pallasii Gerstaecker, 1856) Gerstaecker, A. (1856). Carcinologische Beiträge. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 22(1): 101-162, pls. 4-6. [details]
original description (of Cancer phalangivm Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
[request] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Pohle, G.W. (1990). A guide to decapod Crustacea from the Canadian Atlantic: Anomura and Brachyura. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Science.</em> 1771. 29 p. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Norwegian part of the Barentsz Sea (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]From other sources
Distribution Arctic to Gulf of Maine [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Arctische sneeuwkrab | [details] |
| English | snow crabqueen crabOpilio tanner crabAtlantic snow spider crabAtlantic snow crab | [details] |
| French | crabe des neiges | [details] |
| German | SchneekrabbeNordische EismeerkrabbeArktische Seespinne | [details] |
| Japanese | ズワイガニ | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | snøkrabbe | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | snøkrabbe | [details] |
| Russian | Краб-стригун обыкновенный (опилио) | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (156 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer opilio Fabricius, 1788)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (260367 nucleotides; 22721 proteins) (from synonym Cancer opilio Fabricius, 1788)
To GenBank (260367 nucleotides; 22721 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (30 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (20 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer opilio Fabricius, 1788)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (260367 nucleotides; 22721 proteins) (from synonym Cancer opilio Fabricius, 1788)
To GenBank (260367 nucleotides; 22721 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (30 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (20 records)
To ITIS
