Decanet name details
Cancer cancharus Linnaeus, 1758
1578474 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1578474)
unaccepted (junior synonym by reversal of precedence (ICZN Article 23.9))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Cancer cancharus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1578474 on 2026-06-01
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Ahyong, S.T., Low, M.E.Y., Macpherson, E. & Tan, S.H. (2017). <i>Cancer strigosus</i> Linnaeus, 1760: neotype selection, its identification with <i>Cancer cancharus</i> Linnaeus, 1758, and reversal of precedence (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4323: 440–444., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4323.3.12 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Ahyong, S.T., Low, M.E.Y., Macpherson, E. & Tan, S.H. (2017). <i>Cancer strigosus</i> Linnaeus, 1760: neotype selection, its identification with <i>Cancer cancharus</i> Linnaeus, 1758, and reversal of precedence (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4323: 440–444., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4323.3.12 [details] Available for editors
