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WoRMS taxon details

Calocarcinus Calman, 1909

AphiaID

206047 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206047)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Calocarcinus africanus Calman, 1909 (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Calocarcinidae Števčić, 2005
Calocarcininae Števčić, 2005
Calocarcinini Števčić, 2005

Parent

Calocarcinidae Števčić, 2005

Original name

Calocarcinus Calman, 1909

Direct children (4)

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Species Calocarcinus africanus Calman, 1909
Species Calocarcinus habei Takeda, 1980
Species Calocarcinus lewinsohni Takeda & Galil, 1980
Species Calocarcinus crosnieri Galil & Clark, 1990 accepted as Calocarcinus africanus Calman, 1909 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Calman, W.T. (1909). On a new crab taken from a deep-sea telegraph-cable in the Indian Ocean. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8. 3(13): 30-33., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930908692541 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Calocarcinus Calman, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206047 on 2026-07-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-12-30 13:34:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

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Martinez, Olga

2009-02-05 08:46:01Z

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Poore, Gary C.B.

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

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Davie, Peter

2011-01-17 12:52:43Z

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Davie, Peter

2020-04-22 12:31:00Z

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De Grave, Sammy

2023-03-05 22:44:52Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

2023-10-30 07:48:33Z

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Ahyong, Shane

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Nomenclature

original description Calman, W.T. (1909). On a new crab taken from a deep-sea telegraph-cable in the Indian Ocean. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8. 3(13): 30-33., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930908692541 [details]

basis of record Serène, R. (1984). Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l'Ocean Indien et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Editions Orstom. Collection Faune Tropicale. 24: 1-243. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]