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Cancer Linnaeus 1758

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Cancer Linnaeus, 1758: 625 [part.].

Pagurus Fabricius, 1775: 410 [part.].— Provenzano, 1959: 393.— Williams, 1965: 125.— Forest & Saint Laurent, 1968: 116.— Coelho & Ramos-Porto, 1986: 39.— Rieger, 1998: 413.— Melo, 1999: 100.— Forest et al., 2000: 189.— McLaughlin, 2003: 125.— Nucci & Melo, 2003: 351.

Type species. Cancer bernhardus Linnaeus, 1758.

Diagnosis. Eleven pairs of biserial gills. Rostrum variable. Crista dentata well developed, with 1 or more accessory teeth. Sternite of third maxilliped armed or unarmed. Chelipeds generally very unequal, right usually larger. Dactyls of ambulatory legs commonly with spiniform bristles on ventral margins. Fourth pereopods usually semichelate; propodal rasp with 1 to several rows of corneous scales. Males usually without, rarely with slight papilla protruded from gonopore on one or both coxae of fifth pereopod; usually with unpaired pleopods 2–5 or 3–5, rarely without unpaired pleopods. Females usually with paired, rarely with single left gonopore on coxa of third pereopod; without paired first pleopod, usually with unpaired pleopods 2–5, rarely 2–4. Pleon usually spirally twisted, occasionally straight. Uropods asymmetrical, occasionally symmetrical. Telson with terminal margins rounded, oblique or straight, usually with median cleft.

Distribution. Worldwide.

Notes

Published as part of Nucci, Paulo Ricardo & Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De, 2007, Hermit crabs from Brazil. Family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea): Genus Pagurus, pp. 47-59 in Zootaxa 1406 on pages 47-48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.175515

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Cites
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3921657 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8FA35B61EFC0C3D9F289D15B61CF2DBF (URL)
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.12210793 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6367985AFFCDFFCA3C7C7182FCCCFC85 (URL)
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Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.175515 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFABFFC4FF9AFFF2FFF1FFFD066B770F (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/039287BCFF9AFFF3FF66F8B8079C75C3 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/119354026 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/50062/taxon/039287BCFF9AFFF3FF66F8B8079C75C3.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Cancridae
Genus
Cancer
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cancer Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Nucci & Melo, 2007

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10 ed. 824 pp.
  • Fabricius, J. C. (1775) Systema Entomologiae sistens Insectorum Classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae. 832 pp.
  • Provenzano, A. J. (1959) The shallow-water hermit crabs of Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean, 9 (4), 349 - 420.
  • Williams, A. B. (1965) Marine decapod crustaceans of the Carolinas. Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, 65 (1), 1 - 298.
  • Forest, J. & Saint Laurent, M. (1968) Campagne de la Calypso au large des cotes atlantiques de L'amerique du Sud (1961 - 1962). 6. Crustaces decapodes: pagurides. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique Monaco, 45 (2), 47 - 169.
  • Coelho, P. A. & Ramos Porto, M. (1986) Sinopse dos crustaceos decapodos brasileiros (familias Callianassidae, Callianideidae, Upogebiidae, Parapaguridae, Paguridae, Diogenidae). Trabalhos Oceanograficos da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 19, 27 - 53. [Dated 1985, published 1986].
  • Rieger, P. J. (1998) Malacostraca - Eucarida. Paguroidea. In: Young, P. S. (Ed.), Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Museu Nacional. p. 413 - 429. (Serie Livros n. 6).
  • Melo, G. A. S. (1999) Manual de Identificacao dos Crustacea Decapoda do Litoral Brasileiro: Anomura, Thalassinidea, Palinuridea, Astacidea. Sao Paulo, Editora Pleiade. 551 pp.
  • Forest, J.; Saint Laurent, M.; McLaughlin, P. A. & Lemaitre, R. (2000) The marine fauna of New Zealand: Paguridea (Decapoda: Anomura) exclusive of the Lithodidae. Wellington, NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd). 250 pp.
  • McLaughlin, P. A. (2003) Illustrated keys to families and genera of the superfamily Paguroidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with diagnoses of genera of Paguridae. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 60 (1), 111 - 144.
  • Nucci, P. R. & Melo, G. A. S. (2003) A new species of Pagurus (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) from Brazil. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83, 351 - 353.