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Gecarcinus Leach, 1814

Gecarcinus ruricola
Gecarcinus ruricola

240966  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240966)

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Genus
Cancer ruricola Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Subgenus Gecarcinus (Johngarthia) Türkay, 1970 accepted as Johngarthia Türkay, 1970 (status change)
  3. Species Gecarcinus agricola Reichenbach, 1828 accepted as Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Species Gecarcinus anisocheles Latreille, 1818 accepted as Eriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Species Gecarcinus barbiger Poeppig, 1836 accepted as Paraxanthus barbiger (Poeppig, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  6. Species Gecarcinus depressus de Saussure, 1857 accepted as Gecarcinus lateralis Fréminville in Guérin, 1832 accepted as Hartnollius lateralis (Fréminville in Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Species Gecarcinus Digueti Bouvier, 1895 accepted as Johngarthia planata (Stimpson, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Species Gecarcinus hirtipes Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Tuerkayana hirtipes (Dana, 1851) (Placed on the Official List of Specific names in Zoology in Opinion 1205)
  9. Species Gecarcinus lagostoma H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Gecarcinus lateralis Fréminville in Guérin, 1832 accepted as Hartnollius lateralis (Fréminville in Guérin, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Gecarcinus logostoma H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Gecarcinus lagostoma H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  12. Species Gecarcinus malpilensis Faxon, 1893 accepted as Johngarthia malpilensis (Faxon, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  13. Species Gecarcinus nobilii Perger & Wall, 2014 accepted as Hartnollius nobilii (Perger & Wall, 2014) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Gecarcinus planatus Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Johngarthia planata (Stimpson, 1860) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Gecarcinus quadratus de Saussure, 1853 accepted as Hartnollius quadratus (de Saussure, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Gecarcinus regius Poeppig, 1836 accepted as Homalaspis plana (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Gecarcinus trispinosus Desmarest, 1817 accepted as Galene bispinosa (Herbst, 1783) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Species Gecarcinus weileri (Sendler, 1912) accepted as Johngarthia weileri (Sendler, 1912)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Gecarcinus Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240966 on 2025-09-11
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2007-06-05 08:26:38Z
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Fransen, Charles
2009-12-16 08:58:17Z
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Davie, Peter
2011-01-19 07:58:39Z
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Davie, Peter
2020-05-22 11:43:31Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-02-24 10:09:12Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-05-13 08:15:22Z
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De Grave, Sammy

original description Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details] OpenAccess publication

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