Metacarcinus
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Genus: | Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
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Cancer magister Dana, 1852
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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.
- ^ Michelle K. Harrison; 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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External links
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