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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 A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
Species
Metacarcinus anthonyi Metacarcinus edwardsii Metacarcinus gracilis Metacarcinus magister Metacarcinus novaezelandiae

Metacarcinus is a genus of crabs formerly included in the genus Cancer ^[1].

References

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Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Cancroidea
Familia: Cancridae
Genus: Metacarcinus
Species: M. anthonyi - M. edwardsii - M. gracilis - M. magister - M. novaezelandiae

Name

Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862

References

• Milne Edwards, A., (1862). Monographie des Crustacés fossiles de la famille des Cancériens: Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, série 4, 18:31-85.