Carcinus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”)

Carcinus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – most notoriously, the highly invasive species Carcinus maenas, of European origin.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Malacostraca – class; Eumalacostraca – subclass; Eucarida – superorder; Decapoda – order; Pleocyemata – suborder; Brachyura – infraorder; Eubrachyura – section; Heterotremata – subsection; Portunoidea – superfamily; Portunidae – family; Carcininae - subfamily

• (genus): Carcinus maenas (green crab, shore crab) - type species; Carcinus aestuarii - other species

• †Amydrocarcinus
• †Gemmacarcinus
• †Icriocarcinus
• †Kowaicarcinus
• †Metacarcinus
• †Magyarcarcinus
• †Neptocarcinus
• †Pterocarcinus

• Carcinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carcinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Carcinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Carcinus at World Register of Marine Species
• Carcinus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Carcinus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Carcinus at Paleobiology Database

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkar.kɪ.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkar.t͡ʃi.nus]

Carcinus m sg (genitive Carcinī); second declension

1. a small river in Bruttium

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Carcinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.