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Metacarcinus
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Metacarcinus

Metacarcinus is a genus of crabs formerly included in the genus Cancer. It includes nine exclusively fossil species and five extant species, of which four are also known from the fossil record. The monophyly of this genus was not supported by a molecular study using the cytochrome oxidase I gene.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Dungeness Crab

speciesMetacarcinus magister

Graceful Rock Crab

speciesMetacarcinus gracilis

Yellow Rock Crab

speciesMetacarcinus anthonyi

Pie Crust Crab

speciesMetacarcinus novaezelandiae

Mola Rock Crab

speciesMetacarcinus edwardsii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 116719.