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Metacarcinus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraorder
  
Brachyura

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Family
  
Cancridae

Higher classification
  
Cancridae

Order
  
Decapoda

Similar
  
Crab, Crustacean, Cancridae, Decapoda, Graceful rock crab

Krabas metacarcinus magister


Metacarcinus is a genus of crabs formerly included in the genus Cancer. It includes nine exclusively fossil species and five extant species, of which four are also known from the fossil record. The monophyly of this genus was not supported by a molecular study using the cytochrome oxidase I gene.

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Included species:

  • Metacarcinus anthonyi (Pliocene to Recent)
  • † Metacarcinus danai (Miocene, California)
  • † Metacarcinus davidi (Miocene to Pliocene, California)
  • Metacarcinus edwardsii
  • † Metacarcinus goederti (Oligocene, Alaska)
  • Metacarcinus gracilis (Pliocene to Recent)
  • Metacarcinus granti
  • † Metacarcinus izumoensis (Miocene, Japan)
  • † Metacarcinus jenniferae (Middle Pliocene, California)
  • Metacarcinus magister (Pliocene to Recent)
  • † Metacarcinus minutoserratus (Pliocene, Japan)
  • Metacarcinus novaezelandiae
  • † Metacarcinus starri (Early Oligocene, Washington)

    • Dungeness crab metacarcinus magister formerly cancer magister


    References

    Metacarcinus Wikipedia
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