Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Kingdom Eubrachyura > Kingdom Heterotremata > Superfamily Portunoidea > Family Portunidae > Subfamily Carcininae > Genus Carcinus

Carcinus aestuarii Nardo, 1847

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Carcinus*	Leach, 1814	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gërthia e barishteve; gredhja e barishteve sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Greek: Τσαγανός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Зеленый краб; Травяной краб sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Краб трав’яний ; Трав’яний краб

Literature

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
additional source	Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
GenBank (128 nucleotides; 119 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Fransen, C. (2014). Carcinus aestuarii Nardo, 1847. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107380