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.

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

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Metacarcinus Wikipedia

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Krabas metacarcinus magister

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Dungeness crab metacarcinus magister formerly cancer magister

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