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'''''Metacarcinus''''' is a genus of [[crab]]s formerly included in the genus ''[[Cancer (genus)|Cancer]]'' |
'''''Metacarcinus''''' is a genus of [[crab]]s formerly included in the genus ''[[Cancer (genus)|Cancer]]''.<ref name="Ng">{{cite journal |journal=[[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology]] |year=2008 |volume=17 |pages=1–286 |title=Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world |author=P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf}}</ref> The [[monophyly]] of this genus was not supported by a [[molecular phylogenetics|molecular study]] using the [[Cytochrome c oxidase|cytochrome oxidase I]] gene.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Michelle K. Harrison and Bernard J. Crespi |year=1999 |title=Phylogenetics of ''Cancer'' Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) |journal=[[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution]] |volume=12 |pages=186–199 |url=http://decapoda.arthroinfo.org/pdfs/4160/4160.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |doi=10.1006/mpev.1998.0608 |pmid=10381321}}</ref> |
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Metacarcinus is a genus of crabs formerly included in the genus Cancer.[1] The monophyly of this genus was not supported by a molecular study using the cytochrome oxidase I gene.[2]
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.
- ^ 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.
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