Metacarcinus
| Metacarcinus Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Metacarcinus gracilis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Cancridae |
| Genus: | Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer magister Dana, 1852 | |
Metacarcinus is a genus of crabs formerly included in the genus Cancer.[1] It includes nine exclusively fossil species and five extant species, of which four are also known from the fossil record.[2] The monophyly of this genus was not supported by a molecular study using the cytochrome oxidase I gene.[3]
Included species:[4]
- 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)
References
- ↑ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286.
- ↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- ↑ Michelle K. Harrison and Bernard J. Crespi (1999). "Phylogenetics of Cancer Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 12: 186–199. doi:10.1006/mpev.1998.0608. PMID 10381321.
- ↑ Carrie E. Schweitzer & Rodney M. Feldmann (2000). "Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species". Contributions to Zoology 69 (4): 223–250. Also available as PDF.
External links
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