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 Polybiidae > Genus Liocarcinus

Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Liocarcinus*	Stimpson, 1871	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: grijze zwemkrab

Greek: Αγριοκάβουρας

Literature

original description	Risso, A., 1816. Histoire naturelle des crustacés des environs de Nice: 1-175, Plates 1-3. Librairie GrecqueLatine-Allemande, Paris.
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). Een aanvulling op: 'de krabben van Nederland en Belgie': de grijze zwemkrab, Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1816) in de Noordzee gevonden. Het Zeepaard 51(5): 110-115

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Davie, P.; Fransen, C. (2014). Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1816). 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:107394