Metacarcinus

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Metacarcinus
Metacarcinus gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Cancridae
Genus:
Metacarcinus

Species

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

  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. ^ 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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