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'''''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> It includes nine exclusively [[fossil]] species and five extant species, of which four are also known from the fossil record.<ref name="Grave">{{cite journal |journal = [[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology]] |year=2009 |volume = Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title = A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author=Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong ''et al.'' |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref>
'''''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> It includes nine exclusively [[fossil]] species and five extant species, of which four are also known from the fossil record.<ref name="Grave">{{cite journal |journal = [[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology]] |year=2009 |volume = Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title = A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author=Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong ''et al.'' |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref>

Included species:<ref name="SandF2000">{{cite journal |author=Carrie E. Schweitzer & Rodney M. Feldmann |year=2000 |title=Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species |journal=[[Contributions to Zoology]] |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=223–250 |url=http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/ctz/vol69/nr04/art02}} Also available as [http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/10785/10785.pdf PDF].</ref>
*''[[Metacarcinus anthonyi]]'' (Pliocene to Recent)
*''[[Metacarcinus anthonyi]]'' (Pliocene to Recent)
*† ''[[Metacarcinus danai]]'' (Miocene, California)
*† ''[[Metacarcinus danai]]'' (Miocene, California)

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Metacarcinus
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent
Metacarcinus gracilis
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Metacarcinus

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]

Included species:[3]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ 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.