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Humboldt Life

Genus

Metacarcinus

Metacarcinus anthonyi

Metacarcinus anthonyi. Photo: (c) Lorri Gong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

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.

— Wikipedia

  • Humboldt Life
    • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
      • Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
        • Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
          • Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
            • Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
              • Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
                • Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
                  • Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
                    • Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
                      • Infraorder: Brachyura (True crabs)
                        • Zoosection: Eubrachyura (Eubrachyuran crabs)
                          • Zoosubsection: Heterotremata (Heterotrematan crabs)
                            • Superfamily: Cancroidea (Rock and horse crabs)
                              • Family: Cancridae (Rock crabs)
                                • Genus: Metacarcinus
                                  • Species: Metacarcinus magister (Dungeness crab)
                                  • Species: Metacarcinus gracilis (Graceful rock crab)
                                  • Species: Metacarcinus anthonyi (Yellow rock crab)

Subtaxa

Species: Metacarcinus magister (Dungeness crab)

Metacarcinus magister

Species: Metacarcinus gracilis (Graceful rock crab)

Metacarcinus gracilis

Species: Metacarcinus anthonyi (Yellow rock crab)

Metacarcinus anthonyi

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