Marine Species Traits - Cancer ambidexter Forskål, 1775

Traits name details

Cancer ambidexter Forskål, 1775

AphiaID

1450190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1450190)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (questionable senior synonym)

Accepted name

Clibanarius signatus Heller, 1861

Rank

Species

Parent

Cancer Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cancer ambidexter Forskål, 1775

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Cancer ambidexter Forskål, 1775. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1450190 on 2025-09-19

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Cancer ambidexter Forskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1450190 on 2025-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-07-25 15:50:57Z

created

De Grave, Sammy

2024-05-21 13:08:43Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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Sources (1)

original description Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]