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Glebocarcinus

Glebocarcinus is a genus of crabs formerly included in the genus Cancer.

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Glebocarcinus
Glebocarcinus amphioetus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Cancridae
Genus: Glebocarcinus
Nations, 1975 1
Type species
Trichocera oregonensis
Dana, 1852

Glebocarcinus is a genus of crabs formerly included in the genus Cancer.

Species

The genus contains two species:1

Image Scientific name Distribution
Glebocarcinus oregonensis (Dana, 1852) Pacific coast of North America.
Glebocarcinus amphioetus (Rathbun, 1898) Pacific coast of North America
References

References

  1. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.