Deep-Sea name details
Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758)
107387 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107387)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107387 on 2026-01-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107387 on 2026-01-17
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(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 30), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring data in function of wind energy development in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 30), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring data in function of wind energy development in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Synonymy Originally described as Cancer depurator Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | gërthia këmbëlopatë blu | [details] |
| Catalan | cranc de sopa | [details] |
| Danish | almindelig svømmekrabbe | [details] |
| Dutch | blauwpootzwemkrab | [details] |
| English | sandy swimming crabharbour swimming crabharbour crabblue-leg swimming-crabblue-leg swimcrab | [details] |
| French | etrille pattes blueétrille pattes bleues | [details] |
| German | RuderkrabbeHafenkrabbe | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ψαλιδοκάβουρας | [details] |
BIOTIC
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (1088 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Liocarcinus depurator)
To GenBank (1088 nucleotides; 1074 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (46 records)
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (1088 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Liocarcinus depurator)
To GenBank (1088 nucleotides; 1074 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (46 records)
From editor or global species database
