Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Malacostraca: order
Decapoda: family
Carcinidae: genus
Carcinus: species
Carcinus maenas

Name

Synonyms: Cancer granarius Herbst, 1783; Cancer granulatus Say, 1817; Cancer maenas Linnaeus, 1758; Cancer pygmeus Fabricius, 1787; Cancer rhomboidalis Montagu, 1804; Cancer viridis Herbst, 1783; Carcinides maenas Rathbun, 1897; Carcinus granulatus Smith, 1857; Carcinus moenas (Linnaeus, 1758); Megalopa montagui Leach, 1817; Portunus carcinoides Kinahan, 1857
Homonyms: Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names: Almindelig strandkrabbe in Danish; European green crab in language.; European shore crab in language.; European shore-crab in English; Green crab in language.; Strandkrabbe in language.; Strandkrabbe in German; Strandkrabbe in Danish; Strandkrabbe in German; almindelig strandkrabbe in Danish; cangrejo de mar común in Spanish; cangrejo verde europeo in Spanish; common shore crab in language.; common shore crab in English; crabe enragé in French; crabe vert in French; gemeine Strandkrabbe in German; gewone krab in Dutch; gewone strandkrab in Dutch; green crab in language.; green crab in English; green crab in English; green crab in language.; green shore crab in English; harbour crab in English; landkrab in Dutch; le crabe enragé in language.; le crabe vert in language.; le crabe vert Europeén in language.; rantataskurapu in Finnish; shore crab in English; shore crab in language.; strandkrab in Dutch; strandkrabba in Swedish; Strandkrab in Dutch; green crab in English; strandkrab in Dutch; strandkrabba in Swedish; European shore-crab in English; Gewone krab in Dutch; Gewone strandkrab in Dutch; Nordatlantik-Strandkrabbe in German; North Atlantic shore crab in English; Strandkrabbe in German; almindelig strandkrabbe in Danish; cangrejo de mar común in Spanish; cangrejo verde europeo in Spanish; common shore crab in English; crabe enragé in French; crabe vert in French

Bibliographic References

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Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee
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