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Animalia Rank: Species Synonym(s):Carcinides maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) Vernacular name(s): green crab [English] Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid Data Quality Indicators: Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met |
Taxonomic Hierarchy Get the following data in XML format - up to the kingdom Get the following data in XML format Kingdom Animalia-- animals Phylum Arthropoda-- arthropods Subphylum Crustacea-- crustaceans Class Malacostraca Subclass Eumalacostraca Superorder Eucarida Order Decapoda-- crabs, crayfishes Suborder Pleocyemata Infraorder Brachyura-- short-tailed crabs, true crabs Superfamily Portunoidea Family Portunidae-- swimming crabs Genus Carcinus Species Carcinus maenas-- green crab |
References Other sources: Source: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31 pre-press (version 18-May-04); for vernacular name: green crab [English]; (McLaughlin et al. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31) Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0) References: Nizinski, Martha S. 2003. Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 116, no. 1. 96-157. Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al. 1989. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 77. ISBN: 0-913235-49-0. |
Geographic Information Geographic Information:East PacificEastern Atlantic OceanIndo-West PacificWestern Atlantic Ocean Jurisdiction:Canada, IntroducedContinental US, Introduced |
Comments Comments:Herrick Brown - ITIS Data Development Technician McLaughlin et al. (2005) Occurrence values: A[E], P[E] |
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