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Chionoecetes Krøyer, 1838 
AphiaID: 106898

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Majoidea (Superfamily) > Oregoniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Cancer opilio O. Fabricius, 1788 (type by monotypy)
Parent Oregoniidae Garth, 1958
Synonymised
taxa
  Peloplastus Gerstaecker, 1856
Sources  basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Chionoecetes angulatus Rathbun, 1924
Species Chionoecetes bairdi Rathbun, 1924
Species Chionoecetes elongatus Rathbun, 1924
Species Chionoecetes japonicus Rathbun, 1932
Species Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius, 1788)
Species Chionoecetes pacificus Sakai, 1978
Species Chionoecetes tanneri Rathbun, 1893

Species Chionoecetes behringianus Stimpson, 1857 accepted as Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius, 1788)
Species Chionoecetes chilensis Streets, 1870 accepted as Chionoecetes opilio (O. Fabricius, 1788)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106898
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2009-12-16 08:58:17Z  checked  Davie, Peter
2011-01-18 09:52:22Z  changed  Davie, Peter
  
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  Citation: Davie, P.; Türkay, M. (2013). Chionoecetes Krøyer, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106898 on 2013-05-25
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