World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WRiMS taxon details

Cancer Linnaeus, 1758

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

106876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106876)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Cancrinae Latreille, 1802

Original name

Cancer Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (4)

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Species Cancer irroratus Say, 1817
Species Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cancer magister Dana, 1852 accepted as Metacarcinus magister (Dana, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cancer novaezealandiae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) accepted as Metacarcinus novaezelandiae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, fresh

Original description

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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

WRiMS (2025). Cancer Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106876 on 2026-04-26

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Cancer Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106876 on 2026-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-17 12:52:43Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2020-09-02 19:03:26Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2023-01-19 14:34:17Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description 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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]

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 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