WoRMS name details
Cancer macrochelos Herbst, 1790
452269 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:452269)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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] 
Neotype RMNH D 43604
Neotype RMNH D 43604 [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Cancer macrochelos Herbst, 1790. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=452269 on 2026-08-09
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
Other
subsequent type designation
Tan, S. H.; Low, M. E. (2014). The Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic species of <i>Spinolambrus </i>Tan & Ng, 2007: <i>S. macrochelos </i>(Herbst, 1790), <i>S. notialis </i>(Manning & Holthuis, 1981), and <i>S. verrucosus </i>(Studer, 1883), with a note on the identity of <i>Lambrus spinosissimus </i>Osório, 1923 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Parthenopidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3753(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3753.1.8
note: neotype [details]
note: neotype [details]
Neotype RMNH D 43604 [details]
