Metacarcinus

Metacarcinus; Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ 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.

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[Ng-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.

[Grave-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}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] 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.

[SandF2000-4] 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.

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